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VOLUME XXI. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901. NUMBER ' 18
Work For Jesus.
BY Airs. 2. w. Laing.
Our present life is fleeting fast,
So haste the work for Jesus,
Let his commands be all our theme,
That we may be true to Jesus;
Tremendous is the work to do,
The harvest's great, but laborers few.
In strength let us unite and work
To tell the gospel story
Of Jesus' great, redeeming love,
That all may reign in glory;
Trust in his might whate'er befall,
And he will more than conquer alL
Use our best talents for the Lord,
Search but the weak and weary,
Have courage for this noble work,
Though oft the way be dreary;
Betimes it may be hard and steep,
But Jesus trod in paths as deep.
Press onward, faithful Christian friends,
For time is quickly flying,
Entrapped in ruin and dark despair,
All round dear souls are dying;
Go plead with them to look and live,
And Christ will them salvation give.
Though strangers here and sundered far,
We're one at heart to Jesus;
While he permits we'll work to lead
More precious souls to Jesus;
Then when our work of life'is past,
We'll join with his redeemed'at last,
The New Testament Church.
BY ALVIN J. ELLISON.
ARTICLE VI.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
P- T- frus is another term often used to
signify the New Testament church.
In the prophecy of Daniel we read:
I And in the days of these kings shall the
God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed; . .. and it
shall stand forever."— Dan. 2: 44. This
text clearly shows the kingdom here
spoken of to be identical with the . New
Testament church which Jesus said " the
gates of hell shall not prevail against"
( Matt. 16: 18); for it says the kingdom
shall never be destroyed. To more
clearly prove this fact we will notice the
first clause of the text: " And in the
days of these kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom." The kings
( kingdoms) here referred to are, four
earthly kingdoms which succeeded each
other as follows: 1st, the Babylonian;
2d, the Medo- Persian; 3d, the Grecian;
and 4th, the Roman Empire. It was
during the reign of this lash- named king-dom
that Jesus Christ was born into this
world, built his church, and began to
preach, saying, " Repent: for the king-dom
of heaven is at hand."— Matt. 4: 17.
Therefore we can see the kingdom of
God as mentioned in Dan. 2: 44 is
identical with this church which was set
up by God in the beginning of the gospel
era through his Son Jesus Christ. As
we have shown the church to be a spirit-ual
institution, we will proceed to show
this signification to be the same. This
tact is beautifully set forth in Paul's
letter to the Romans: " For the king-dom
of God is not meat and drink [ i. e.,
earthly, temporal]; but righteousness,
and peace, and joy in the Holy ( Most."
14: 17. By this text we clearly
see that the kingdom of God is not a
literal kingdom as poor, deluded, Mil-lennial
teachers would have it ( see book
entitled " The Kingdom of God"), but
it is a spiritual kingdom consisting of
" righteousness, peace, and joy in the
Holy Ghost." Praise the Lord!
INDUCTION INTO THE KINGDOM.
When Jesus was instructing Moo-demos,
he said unto bim, " Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again be can not see the kingdom
of God. . . . Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he can not enter
into the kingdom of God. Marvel not
that I say unto thee, Ye must be born
again. "— Jno. 3: 3- 7. Jesus gives us to
understand that spiritual birth is the
only manner of entrance into the king-dom
of God. Only those who are born
of the Spirit can abide in the kingdom
of God; for Paul says in speaking to the
Corinthians: " Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the king-dom
of God?" " Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las-civiousness,
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God."-- Gal. 5: 19- 21.
John tells us that " whosoever is born of
God cloth not commit sin."— 1 Jno.
3: 9. This is sufficient proof that all who
commit sin are outside the kingdom of
God.
GOVERNOR OF THE KINGDOM.'
" For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called ' W' onderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace."— Isa. 9: 6.
" Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall con-ceive,
and shall bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel." These are
clear prophecies of Christ's first advent
into the world; but that no doubt be
left in the minds of our readers we will
refer you to their fulfillment in Matt.
1: 18- 23. Be, being the sole governor
of the kingdom, will continue his reign
unto " the end, .. • when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have put
down all rule and all authority and
power."— i. Cor. 15: 24. " Then shall
the Son also himself be subject unto him
that put all things under him, that God
may be all in all."— Ver. 28. We are
glad we can say with the poet:
1Tis a kingdom of peace; it is reigning within,
It ; hall ever increase in my soul;
We pbssess_ it right here when he saves from all sin,
And ' twill last while the ages shall roll."
Ministerial Authority.
GEO. L. COLE.
T HE teachings and works of Jesus
were sufficient evidence to all that
he was a. man vested with authority. It
was said that he taught them as " one
having authority." Once he was asked:
" Who gave thee this authority?" ; and
again, " By what authority doest thou
these things?"
The power and authority that Jesus
exercised in his ministry is - identically
the same which he freely imparts to his
ministers. In view of this I want to
say that if we as the ministers of Christ
let down on this point in a compromise
with the devil, failing to claim, possess,
or exercise the same, there will be a
weakness, timidity, and shallowness about
the entire ministry. I do not know of a
more vital point in the church of God.
A heart- failure here means heart- disease
throughout the whole body. It might
be easy to claim that the ministers as a
body are vested with this authority; but,
look here! if we are not individually
endued with power and authority we are
not collectively. Therefore the question
comes personally : " Do I receive, do I
possess, am I full of power by the Spirit
of the Lord? dare I claim it? can I
exercise it? or is there a doubt in my
soul as to whether this is my heritage?
or is the time past for ministers to have
this power? or is it yet in the future?"
The Lord bless our souls! it is high time
for the ministers to arouse and face these
things just as they are confronting us.
As almighty God continues to wage this
war against all compromise, preachers
will either measure to the New Testament
standard or quit the field. But who is
ready to say, Show me a Peter; show
me a Paul now- a- days, and I will be
ready to seek for this? " Faithless and
perverse generation," " Ye will not be-lieve
except ye see signs and wonders."
" When the Son of man cometh will he
find faith on the earth?" A man once
said: " I for one am willing to leave the
standard where God pat it, if it serves no
other purpose than to shame and condemn
me for my unbelief." ' We can do better
than this. Thank God! we can " all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per-fect
man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ."— Eph. 4: 13.
In the first commission Jesus gave his
ministers " power against unclean spirits,
to cast them out, and to heal all manner
of sickness, and all manner of disease."
— Matt. 1u: 1. How did he do this?
Answer— By speaking the words, " I give
you," etc., jest like he spoke to the
seventy. " Behold, I give unto you
power to tread on serpents, and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy."
— Luke 10: 19. They received it by be-lieving.
Believing is the Bible condition
for receiving. " Believe ye receive, and
ye shall have." " As thou hast believed,
be it done unto thee." Jesus spoke,
they believed-, hence the testimony of
Jesus: " Freely ye have received, freely
give."— Matt. 10: 8.
GENERAL COMMISSION.
This commission contains just as much
power and authority for God's ministers
now as in apostolic days, and if we be-lieve
like they did we will be vested with
its authority as they were. The apostles
once failed in casting out a devil during
their first commission, and they did not
understand why. But Jesus said: " Be-cause
of your unbelief." Like cause will
produce like effect. If we have unbelief
we will fail too. Just before Jesus gave
his general commission he came and spake
unto them ( his apostles), saying: " All
power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth." This word power is from the
Greek word efrousia— authority. lin-mediately
following is the commission:
" Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
. . teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you." It
is the " all authority" that enjoins the
commission which, when fully believed,
will vest the believing minister with all
authority essential to teaching all nations
all things whatsoever Jesus commanded,
by word and deed, which will make be-lievers.
See Bora. 15: 18. Dare a New
Testament minister claim to preach and
teach the whole gospel— all things what-soever
Jesus commanded? He dare not
claim this unless he is a New Testament
minister. My soul is indignant against
this flimsy, timid, doubting, Babylon idea
of a preacher that does not know but what
many errors, mistakes, false teachings,
false doctrines, and misinterpretations of
texts, etc., etc. may be in his teachings,
and must hold himself in readiness to
change any part of his teaching, to re-ceive
new light; thus subjecting himself
to an endless remodelling of interpreta-tions
of texts. This is shoddy— shoddy
in the extreme. I have seen some of
these vacillating preachers. They re-minded
me of " children, tossed to and
fro . . . with every wind of doctrine, by
the slight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive."
But they cover up their vacillation with
the plea that they are humble enough to
change their beliefs, teacnings, interpreta-tions
of texts, etc. It is not humility.
I protest against such abominable cover-ing
up. True humility will believe God's
word which, by the power of his Spirit,
will make us to know the truth and
assure our hearts that we are of the truth
as revealed by the Holy Ghost. It also
will enable us with authority to preach it
as truth and abide in the teaching of
God's anointing which abideth in us,
even " as the same anointing teacheth
you of all things, and is truth, and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye
shall abide in him."- 1 Jno. 2: 27.
The Lord God is tired of this intellect-ual
guesswork palmed off onGod's church
as Holy Ghost unfolding, and the church
also is getting tired of such things. In-stead
of clamoring for diversity of
opinions based on the existing stock of
diversity, we would better call for the
fire of Elijah's God and have a bonfire
of the pile of counter teachings already
pushed on us. Lack of spirituality is the
cause of these clashy teachings and multi-farious
interpretations of texts. I do not
want to see any greater evidence of a
lack of spirituality in the ministry than
to see clash after clash in their teachings.
We may call ministerial meetings at every
general assembly and camp- meeting; and
conference after conference to harmonize
our teachings, but this will never weed
out these clashy teachings while there
are so many hotbeds all alive with young
plants and " settings of strange lips" —
ambitious, carnal preachers running after
worldly wisdom, trying to push out new
ideas; dealing in criticism, technicalities
and definitions of terms, " which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying;"
striving " about words to no profit, but
to the subverting of the hearers."
Spirituality in the ministry will uproot
the cause, and uniformity of teaching will
be the result The teachings of Paul in
his later years throw no fog or mist over
the earliest of his epistolary writings.
The B. oly Spirit as a teacher, guide,
Who Is Happy.
BY 3. 11ARRIN“ ToN.
The Promises of God to His
People.
Names of and Promises to God's
Church in Prophecy.
BY EMIL KREUTZ.
interpreter, and revelator can be depended
upon. He will not teach you one way
and me another; help you preach one
gospel and me another; interpret scrip-ture
to you after this manner and to me
after that, and so on. Nor will he un-fold
texts to me now and help me preach
them and in six months or a year corn-
: ptetely alter the whole thing, putting a
lleW light on scripture which destroys
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
shout, 0- Israel; be glad and rejoice
with all the heart, 0 daughter of Jerusa-lem."-
Zeph. 3: 14. " And I will bring
Israel L
the body ot Christ, the church'
again [ from the apostasy] to his habits-,
tion, and he shall feed. on Carmel and... e
Basham, and his soul shall be satisfied
upon mount Ephraim and Gilead."-- Jer.
50: 19.
The Lord's sister, spouse, love, dove,
undefiled, etc. : " Thou hest ravished m -
heart, my sister, my spouse."- S. of Se
4: 9. " Thou art all fair, my love;-
there is no spot in thee."- Ver. 7. " A
garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse;
a spring shut up, a fountain sealed."-
- Ver. 12. " My dove, my undefiled is but
one."-- S. of Sol. 6: 9.
The Lord is there: " And the name
of the city from that day shall be, The
Lord is there."- Ezek. 48: 35.
BY EMMA. CA STEEL.
and demolishes his former teachings.
Brethren, this kind of work grievously
casts a reflection upon the Holy Spirit.
I must affirm that men who are void ot
carnal ambitions and are filled with the
Holy Spirit- men whose faith embraces
the authority and power willed to the
New Testament ministry- will not be
guilty of these vacillations which cast re-flections
upon the Holy. Spirit and his
sacred ministry, and bring contusion
among the children of God. My soul has
' been grieved many times to hear preach-ers
make such light and slighty
remarks about their former teachings
which they once put out as the Spirit's
unfolding. It looks like ridicule on the
innocent children of God who accepted
their former teaching for truth. God
wants us to be serious about this matter.
It is no small thing to speak to men in
God's stead. If we have assumed to
speak as the oracle of . God but discover
we were mistaken, having spoken a vision
of our own head, and that it is the Holy
Spirit now speaking through us, we will
be ashamed of our errors and mistakes-it
will so grieve us in our hearts that we
will not speak of them in a jesting way.
I well remember the conduct of those
who rejected the cleansing in sanctifica-tion,
and what lightness was used when
reference was made to former teaching,
interpretations of texts, etc.; also a
spirit of elation over their new doctrine,
new light, etc. But such is not the
product of the holy Spirit. I would not
utterly ignore a man as void of the Holy
Spirit if once in a great while his in-tellectuality
grapples with some plausibil-ity
which appears to be the Spirit's un-folding,
and he afterwards finds his
mistake. But such humiliations will not
be common among the spiritual who
through faith depend wholly upon the
Holy Spirit for teaching and guidance.
If * e fix up a wide gage to slip in a little
erroneous and clashy teaching, the devil
will ship the whole cargo of babylon
teaching up to Zion, and give the church
of. God an endless job of sorting out old,
rotten dogmas, traditions and perverse
twistings, etc. I for one dumped all
those overboard when I came out of
babylon. Dear brethren in the ministry,
let us know the truth and speak it with
authority.
I WILLgive a few of the many pre-cious
promises that God's people are
blessed with. Truly God's children have
much to praise him for.
" The eyes of . the Lord are upon the
righteous, and his` ears are open unto
their cry. "- Ps. 31: 15. " the righteous
cry, and the Lord heareth, and deliver-
' eth them out ot all their troubles."- Ver.
17. " Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lord delivereth him_
out of them all."- Ver. 19. " Behold,
the eye of the Lord is upon them that
- fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy; to deliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive in famine." - Ps.
33: 18, 19. " The Lord knoweth the days
of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be forever." - Ps. 37: 18. " The
righteous shall inherit the land, and
dwell therein forever."- Ver. 29. " For
the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh
not his saints; they are preserved for-
Ver7. 7-- Ver. 28. The steps of a good
, are ordered by the Lord: and he de-hteth
in his way."- Ver. 23, " The
meek shall inherit the earth; and shall
delight themselves in. the abundance of
peace."--- Ver, 11.
" There is therefore now no condemna-tion
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit."-- Rom. 8: 1. " For ye are
dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God. When. Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory."- Col. 3: 3, 4.
" Blessed are the pure in heart: for they
shalt see God."- Matt. 5: 4. " For both
he that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brethren."
- Heb. 2: 11. " Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life,
which the Lord bath promised to them
that love him."- Jas. 1: 12. " The
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, they shall be for-given
him. "- Jas. 5: 15. " lY hosoever
shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him, and he in God."
- 1 Jno. 4: 15. " Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on. me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father. And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glori
fied in the Son, If ye shall ask anything
in my name, I will do it. "- Jno. 14: 12-
14. " He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
me: and he that loveth me shall be loved
of my Father, and I will love him, and
will manifest myself to him."- Ver. 21.
" It ye abide in me, and my words abide
in. you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you. "- Jno. 15: 7.
" And in that day ye shall ask me
nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give it you."- Jno.
16: 23. " In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. And it I go and pre-pare
a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where
I am, there ye may be also."- Jno. 14:
2,3. " For so an entrance shall be minis-tered
unto you abundantly into the ever-lasting
kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ."- 2 Pet. 1: 11.
" For this God is our God forever and
ever: he will be our guide even unto
death."- Ps. 48: 14. " For as the
heaven is high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that fear him."
- Ps. 103: 11. " For he satisfieth the
longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul
with goodness."- Ps. 107: 9. " Mark
the perfect man, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man is peace."- Ps.
37: 37. " Blessed is that man that maketh
the Lord his trust, and respecteth not
the proud, nor such as turn aside to
lies. "- Ps. 40: 1. " The Lord will pre-serve
him, and keep him alive; and he
shall be blessed upon the earth."- Ps.
41: 2. " Blessed are they that keep his
testimonies, and that seek him with
the whole heart."- Ps. 119: 2. " A
little that a righteous man bath is better
than the riches of many wicked."- Ps.
37: 16. " Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom, and the man that getteth under-standing."-
Prow. 3: 13.
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With What Measure.
" With what measure ye mete. It shall be
measured to you again" Matt r2.
" As ye shall give unto other,
Ye shall sure receive again,
Kindness, if ye render kindness,
Sorrow, if ye shall give pain
For an eye which never slumbers
Marks each deed however small,
Yea, the loving Heavenly Father
Heeds the tiny sparrow's fall.
E'en a cup of water given
In his name, he noteth down,
And the gift shall be rembered
When thy life work he shall crown.
Life is all made up of moments,
The great world of atoms small;
May the tender love of Jesus
Fill, control, and govern, all. Sel
not of the world. e en tem be gar
rounded by sin and yet be kept by tl
power of God. In a world that is filled,
with dissatisfaction you ( flan satisfle
in Jesus. Why are so many unhapp.
Because they have trusted in some
other than the true G,, 1 for ha,' pine
but alas! they fount' it not. What did
they find:: - unhappiness, discontentmen
and no peace or joy ( except it he rumen
tar- y). Brit in the Lord we find pe
joy, happiness, contentment, and 00
fort that will last while " storms and
lows may roll." Ile who goes to
world to obtain happiness must acknow
edge that he seeks, but the farther le
goes in sin the more dissatisfied he i
He plunges in deeper and deeper,
finds no happiness in the ways of sin. If''
he ever finds true happiness he will con-fess:
" Happy is that people whose God.:‘,
is the Lord." Remember, what God has
said is true, and he can not lie. Theree,
fore if you find happiness in a Christian
life it will be because you have madie::=.
God your Lord and are not trying tClt3'
serve two masters. We can have a proei.
fession of salvation and sanctification
yet be unhappy. Why? Because
have not made God our Lord; our rain
l c= upo n the world, or mone y, etc.,
e hive not an eye single to the glory ls
house of Joseph . a. flame. "- Obadiah of God Christ meant just what he said: t
17: 18. '* W hosoever he be that forsaketh not all,
The house of Joseph: " And I will he an not be my disciple." Belovedi
saints, let us examine ourselves and
if we have forsaken all. There is
such thing as a half- hearted Christian
we are on one side or the other. W her
are you?
Are you happy? If not, you are livietC
beneath your privilege. Thousands
this cold world are ready to say there
no joy or happiness in this life.
reason is they have not found the Lo
One of the greatest blessings in
world is ha ppiness- contentment. 1
for all who forsake sin and seek an in
est in the blood of Christ. Some peo
think happiness consists of shout'
noise, etc. Noise is not true happin
True happiness means to be settled, sa
fied and content, knowing we are
God's order and standing on his ' WO
One might take a big shout at neee,
strengthen the house of Judah, and I
will save the house of Joseph, and I will
bring them again to place them; for
have mercy upon them: and they shall
be as ' though I had not cast them off:
for I am the Lord their God, and will
hear them."- Zech. 10: 6.
The tabernacle of David: " in that day
will I raise up the tabernacle of David
that is fallen, and close up the breaches
thereof; and i will raise up his ruins,
and 1 will build it as in the days of
old."- Amos 9: 11.
Tower of the flock: " And thou, 0
tower of the flock, the stronghold of
the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it
come, even the first dominion; the
kingdom shall come to the daughtertof
Jerusalem."- Micah 4: 8.
Israel : " Sing, 0 daughter of Zion;
eeHAPPY is that people • whose
God is the Lord." - l's. 144: 15.
Thank God tor the privilege of being:,::
one of the people of God! We understand
by the text under consideration that we
are happy on condition- namely, by
making our God the Lord. ' W
taught in God's word that lords and
are many, but that there k only one
true Clod, or Lord, and that he is a
j
ealous God and deeires you and I
worship him alone. This one Cik. d is
God of tile Bible, and he k able to rnake,
us happy in this present world. Soma
people believe there is no real joy in tin*
world, but suelt is not the ease. Every
child of God has joy and is happy in thie
present world- though in the world,
` 6 A ND thou shalt be called by a new
1. name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name."- Isa. 62: 2.
New Jerusalem: " Him that over-cometh
will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of my
God, which is New Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from my'
God: and I will write upon him my new
name."- Rev. 3: 12.
Zion: " For the Lord shall comfort
Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness
like Eden, and her desert like the garden
of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be
found therein, thanksgiving and the
voice of melody."- Isa. 61: 3. " Awake,
awake; put on thy strength, 0 Zion;
put on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusa-lem,
the holy city: for henceforth there
shall no more come into thee the uncir-cumcised
and the unclean."- Isa. 52: 1.
The city of the Lord; the Zion of the
Holy One of Israel: " The sons also of
them that afflicted thee shall come bend-ing
unto thee; and all they that despised
thee shall bow themselves down at the
soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee,
The city of the Lord, The Zion of the
Holy One of Israel."- Isa. 60: 11.
The priests of the Lord; Ministers of
our God: " But ye shall be named the
Priests of the Lord: men shall call you
the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory
shall ye boast yourselves. For your
shame ye. shall have double; and for con-fusion
they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in. their land they shall possess
the double: everlasting joy shall be unto
them."- Isa. 61: 6, 7. " And they shall
call them, The holy people, The re-deemed
of the Lord: and thou shalt be'
called, Sought out, A city not forsaken."
- ha. 62: 12. " No weapon that is
formed against thee shall prosper: and
every tongue that shall rise against thee
en judgment thou shalt condemn."-
Isa. 54: 17.
A city of truth; The holy mountain:
" Thus saith the Lord; I am returned
unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called
a city of truth; and the mountain of the
Lord of hosts, the holy mountain."-
Zech. 8: 3.
Habitation of justice; The mountain
of holiness: " Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; As yet ` they
shall use this speech in the land of Judah
and in the cities thereof, when I shall
bring again their captivity; the Lord
bless thee, 0 habitation of justice, and
mountain of holiness." - Jer. 31: 23.
The house of Jacob: " But upon mount
Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall
be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall
possess their possessions. And the
house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the
and lose all the joy before leaving the
place of worship. True joy is what we
possess all the time. We may have
greater joy at times; yet if God is our
Lord we have a real settled experience.
Trials may come, but we can rejoice in
our God.
Remember, dear ones, there are no
things of a worldly nature which will
enable us to rejoice and be happy in our
God. They wily not make us happy.
" Happy is that people whose God is the
Lord."
calamity;, I will mock when your fear
cometh; when your fear cometh as
desolation, and your destruction cometh
as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you."- Pron. 1:
23- 27.
Judgment is coming and the wicked
shall be turned into hell with all nations
that forget God. Then, sinner, wilt
thou not prepare to meet thy God?
Judgment is Coming.
BY J. E. FOREST.
J UDGMENT is coming and all will be
there. " It is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment."
- Bob. 9: 97. My dear reader, will you
give me your attention for a few
moments? Your life is short here, but
you are hastening to another life which
will have no end. " Because man goeth
to his long home."- Ecel. 12: 5. Sin-ner,
will you cease your wild career and
" prepare to meet thy God"? God will-eth
the death of no man ( Ezek. 18: 32),
" for the wages of sin is death."- Rom.
6: 23. This death here mentioned
means eternal destruction- separation
from God and all that is lovely, and
everlasting punishment in a lake of fire.
" But the tearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the second
death."- Rev. 21: 8.
Yea, judgment is coming, and it will
be a day of trouble. Think of all nations
gathering together to be judged. All
will be there; not a single person that
has ever lived will be missing at that
day. " And at that day shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which stand-eth
for the children of thy people: and
there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation even
to that smile time: . . . And many of
them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting con-tempt."-
Dan. 12: 1, 2. Reader, would
you miss being among those who shall
be troubled in that day? If you would,
prepare to meet thy God. There have
been many days of great trouble to the
people because of their wickedness.
There is Sodom and Gomorrah and the
cities round about which were totally
destroyed by God raining fire and brim-stone
upon them. Surely that was a
day of trouble. All people ( with the
exception of Noah and his family) were
once destroyed by water, God sending
the flood and causing them to perish.
This was a day of trouble; but Daniel
says " there shall be a day of trouble
such as never was since there has been
a nation." Think of a time when men
shall be saying to the mountains: " Fall
on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth upon the throne." Think of
a time when " men shall seek death, and
shall not find it; and shall desire to die,
and death shall flee from them." Sin-ner,
are you running from death? Think
of toiling through this life in sin and at
the final judgment reaping your wages
in an eternal hell where there will be
" weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth." " So shall it be at the end of
the world: the angels shall come fonth,
and sever the wicked from among the
just, and shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be wailing and gnash-ing
of teeth."- Matt. 13: 19, 50. " Turn
you at my reproof ( saith the Lord): be-hold,
I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called, and ye refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no
man regarded; but ye have set at
nought all my counsel, and would none
of my reproof: I also will laugh at your
UNITY.
BY 0. 0. DODGE.
« BED OLD, how good and how pleas-
." ant it is for brethren to dwell to-gether
in unity!"- Ps. 133: 1. Dwelling
together is not necessarily unity. In-dividuals
may dwell together in discord,
but this is by no means pleasant. The
pleasantness, peace, and inexpressible joy
of the association of individuals is not
merely the fact that they are together,
but they exist because there is unity be-tween
them. " That their hearts might
be comforted, being knit together in
love."- Col. 2: 2. The salvation of
Jesus Christ is like a knitting- machine
- it knits together the hearts of all those
who receive it. " By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another."- Jno. 13: 35.
Unity exists in the heart. Where there
is inward unity there will be outward
unity- with the exception of cases where
individuals have been blinded and held
apart by man- made rules and regulations.
But when the glorious gospel of unity is
heralded forth they Will be only too
glad, as it were, to discard anything that
would hinder the perfecting of this unity
both inwardly and outwardly. Union
is not always unity. We hear the
multiplicity of creeds and schisms on
every hand saying, " Union, union," but
very few, if any, are crying " Unity."
Union will never bring unity. Union will
result from unity. You : can in. almost
any locality point out individuals belong-ing
to some denomination ( which is sup-posed
to hold God's people together)
who will rub shoulders without speaking
or looking at each other. That could
hardly be called the shadow of unity, let
alone the substance. How blessed to
dwell together in unity, not discord!
What is the basis of unity? " For ye
are all one in Christ Jesus."- Gal. 3: 28.
We conclude from this scripture that if
there is no unity between individuals it is
because of one or both being outside: of
Christ. If modern preachers endeavored
to get the people into Christ instead of
into their sect, we would have unity.
Yes, but, says one, " we must have some-thing
to hold us together." I answer,
If two men have the love of God in their
hearts surely this ought to be sufficient
to hold them together. The fact is, the
very thing which you join; supposing it
to be able to hold God's people together,
holds them apart. " Woe be unto the
pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep
of my pasture! saith the Lord."- Jer.
23: 1. More than this, these modern hire-ling
priests and diviners for money ( Tvlic.
3: 11) will open the door of their church
(?) and take in moral sinners- yea, even
those who make no profession- and bind
them, as it were, to God's dear children.
There is a division taught in God's
word; not a division between God's
saints, or children, but between God's
children and the children of the devil. 1
Jno. 3: 8- 10. " Between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not
3: 18; Eph. 5: 11. This not only
applies to the world, but it reaches light
into the so- called churches and separates
the precious from the vile. God's word
emphatically says: " Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers."- 1
Cor. 6: 14. This. does not refer to the
marriage state exclusively, as some sup-pose,
as in verse 17 it says: " Wherefore
come out from among them and be ye
separate." This refers to anything
that would yoke saints and sinners to-gether,
such as secret societies, orders,
sects, etc. " Babylon the great is fallen,
is . . . And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people."- Rev. 18: 1- 4. You may
think that Babylon means the world, but
God has no people in the world. Jno.
17: 14- 16. It simply has reference to the
confusion of doctrines, rules, regulations,
ideas, opinions, and commandments of
sectarianism.
it may be argued that the religious
world is one in purpose, in heart and in
work, etc. But this does not compre-hend
the oneness that our Lord desires,
a, nd which is taught in his word.
" Neither pray I for these [ apostles]
alone, but for them also which shall be-lieve
on me through their word; that
they all may be one, as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me."- Jno.
17: 20, 21. Here we can see that God
wants a visible unity- one that the world
can see- not a so- called union, but a real
unity of heart brought about by getting
into Christ, or, in other words, being
born again and then following the Script-ures
to the understanding the Holy
Spirit gives. When we forsake all man-made
laws of sectism and abide only in
Christ and his truth, then, and only
then, can we realize that we are in fel-lowship
with every child of God in every
locality, and are not separated from
them by impassable and impenetrable
walls of dogmas and opinions.
As ministers of God we have no allow-ance,
much less a command, in all the
word of God to institute many folds and
put some of God's children in one and
some in another. " Other folds," " differ-ent
bodies," and " sister churches" were
unknown until heralded forth by the
many woe- pronounced ( Jer. 23: 1) pulpits
and presses of Christendom. " And
there shall be one fold and one shep-herd,"
says Christ. Jno. 10: 16. " One
body • in Christ."- Rom. 12: 5. Many
bodies but only one in CILr i'sen On the
other hand, as children of the Most nigh
it is our duty to put forth every effort to
preserve and teach unity among our-selves.
" Endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace."-
Eph. 4: 3. " Be of one mind, live in
peace; and the God of love and peace
shall be with you."-. 9 Cor. 13: 11. " I
beseech Enodius, and beseech Syntyche,
that they be of the same mind in the
Lord."- Phil. 4: 2. " Fulfill ye my joy,
that ye be likerninded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind."
- Phil. 2: 2. But how shall we go about
this? The verse following this last one
will explain: " Let nothing be done
through strife or vainglory; but in low-liness
of mind let each esteem other better
than themselves.''- Ver. 3. Trivial
matters and tifferences will develop into
serious divisions if indulged in. " The
beginning of strife is as when one letteth
out water: therefore leave off conten-tion,
before it be meddled with. "- Pron.
17: 14. The blessedness, happiness, joy,
and pleasantness of the people of God
depend upon this one thing. We may
sit together in heavenly places in Christ,
in factz we can have a little heaven to go
to heaven in if we possess in our souls
this precious experience of oneness in
Christ.
" Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian lovq
The fellowship of kindred mink
Is like to that above."
and then gone back into sin, their past
righteousness will not save them. They
may keep up a form of worship, but the
Lord says: " Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet, and show
my people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek
me daily, and delight to know my ways,
as a nation that did righteousness, and
forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and
thou seest not? wherefore have we
afflicted our soul, and thou takest no
knowledge?"- 2- Isa. 58: 3. " In the day
thou seekesi me with thy whole heart, I
will be found of thee."
How many once happy children of God
are now suffering leanness in their souls,
who might be fat and flourishing if obedi-ence
were written in their hearts by the
finger of love! If they, like the fisher-men,
would obey the commands of the
Lord they aoubtless would bring a bless-ing
down that they would not be able to
contain. " If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all
men liberally, and upbraideth not."
" And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in
his sight." The Lord will hear thee in
the day of trouble. Bat a stiff- necked
and rebellious people he will not hear.
Be wise unto salvation. " How shall we
escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"
An Admonition.
BY WM. H. JACKSON.
W ULF. we look out upon this dark
world of sin and see such a few
people being led to the light, we feel
like admonishing the dear brethren to a
closer walk with God. Jesus said: " Ye
are the light of the world," " let your
light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven."- Matt. 5:
16. We feel there is a great need of ad-vancement
on this line. We fully believe
if this text were strictly observed that
many precious souls would be led to the
light that could never be reached by
preaching from the pulpit. There are
many professed followers of God who do
not realize there is anything they can do
toward awakening the slumbering world
to flee from the wrath to come; but, dear
ones, this is a mistake. If you can not
preach or sing like some, you can let
your light shine.
Some may not fully understand how
they are to let their light shine; surely
they do not if we judge from the Iife
they live. I have seen professed saints
( even preachers) whose lives and con-versation
were so far from a Bible line
that it drove ; inners from the truth in-stead
of drawing them nearer. What
we are to closely and carefully consider
is that we are to live such lives here as
to draw lost souls to Christ. This is to
be done by them seeing our good works
- not only at church and before the
stronger brethren, but at all times, and
in all places and in all things. We are
to act so wisely, and have such a chaste
conversation, and bear all things so
patiently, that they can not help seeing
we have the Lord with us. Then we
can treat them kindly and talk to
them about Jesus, and what we say will
- be heeded.
Dear readers, read carefully and
prayerfully the word of God and see
what a strict life is demanded of us. 1f
you are then unwilling to measure up to
it in every respect, get out of the way of
sinners. But it you are willing to eat
the whole book you will be bountifully
blessed, your friends and neighbors and
sinners will be blessed, and God honored.
" Therefore, beloved brethren, be ye
steadfast, immovable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as
ye know your labor is not in vain in the
Lord."
God Heareth the Obedient.
BY JENNIE SMITH.
4 EHOLD, the Lord's hand is not
Le' shortened, that it can not save;
neither is his ear heavy, that it can not
hear: , but your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he
will not hear."- Isa. 69: 1, 2. The Lord
will not hear a stiff- necked and rebellious
people. He says that obedience is better
than sacrifice. Having once been righteous
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than. their first bondage. Read Matt.
12: 2245.
The " sin unto death" is, of course, the
unpardonable sin, which is the blasphemy
of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 12: 31, 32.
" Unto death" in 1 Jno. 5: 16 meansunto
eternal and everlasting death, a condi-tion
which can not be changed. Every
sin brings immediate spiritual death,
else in what sense could " life" be given
afterwards ( read the verse carefully)?
But the " unto death" sin is the one fer
which no life may be given, and the
apostle does not say prayer should be
offered for it. A. L. B.
will probably be our permanent hose
We are comfortable, living in oir 0-
hired house, and are ready, by the g
of God, for every good word and work'
far as is within oar possible sea*
Wishing all the abounding riches of his
grace, I ana, as ever, your brother in
the faith. J. W. Byers.
Lodi, Cal., April 23.
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Christ is the hope of Israel.
Loyalty to God is to obey his word.
Let down the bars and the sheep will
go astray.
Compromise with the devil and you
will soon find yourself on the enemy's
territory.
It you desire blessings from the Lord
you must believe his word, obey it, and
walk uprightly before him at all times.
Peter fell from grace when he refused
- to acknowledge Christ as his master,
and had to repent before he was again
restored.
Abraham was enabled to rejoice on
account of the fulfillment of the promise
because he staggered not at the promises
of the Lord.
COME TO CAMP- MEETING.
precedes the verse as well as what follows
it, we are led to the conclusion that the
sentence " covet earnestly the best gifts"
in its imperative form, is not correct.
Rather the contrary is meant. It seems
that in this chapter the apostle labored to
show the equality of the various offices
and gifts; that one was not to be thought
less of than another; that all were given
by the same Spirit and were equally of
the body. " lf the foot shall say, Be-cause
I am not the hand, I am not of the
body ; is it therefore not of the body?"
" God hath tempered the body together,
having given more abundant honor to
that part which lacked; that there should
be no schism in the body," etc. Now
at the close of the chapter why should
he tell them to " covet" the best gifts? In
the 14th chapter he tells them to " desire
spiritual gifts," but he does not say
I ' best gifts." Did he recognize best gifts?
It is probable that he did not, and that
therefore the Syriac rendering is correct,
or at least in harmony with the context.
" It you are emulous of the superior gifts
[ if you are rivals for what you call the
best gifts], on the other hand, I show to
you a better way."
The condemnation of such emulation
as seeking the best gifts is here not very
strong; but it— if they are thus emulous,
he shows to them something better—
something better than being emulous.
What is that " better way"? The 13th
chapter gives it. Here he shows that
even if they had the " best" gifts, where
love ( charity) is- lacking, they would be
as sounding brass, or tinkling cymbals.
Then how could there be any consistent
meaning in " covet earnestly the best
gifts"? Are we to select such gift or
gifts we deem the best and then covet
them until we get them, regardless of our
natural adaptation? Does not God
recognize these in bestowing spiritual
gifts upon us? Again, if we are to covet
the best gifts we must slight those that
appear not so good, and the body would
be abnormal. This would be contrary
to the apostle's teaching.
What does Jesus mean in Luke 11: 24-
26? Explain also 1 Jno. 5: 16— the sin
unto death. L. T., East Liverpool, 0.
We will give Matthew's quotation:
" When the unclean spirit is gone out of
a man, he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest, and finding none. Then
he saith, I will return into my house
from whence I came out: and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept, and gar-nished.
Then goeth he, and taketb with
himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is
worse than the first. Even so shall it be
also unto this wicked generation."—
Matt. 12: 43- 45.
The unclean spirit when cast oat of a
man finds no rest. It is as a desert,
where there is no water or place of habita-tion.
Therefore, he seeks a return to his
former abode. When he comes he finds
it empty• destitute of any good or any-thing
signifying its occupance by the
Lord. In other words, the house ( man)
is neutral, having refused Christ, though
not having specially invited Satan. But
a condition of neutrality can not- be
maintained. The tree and fruit must
either be good or corrupt. " He that is
not with me is against me," etc. So
the devil finds the house " swept and
garnished"— a suitable, inviting condi-tion
for his abode. So be taketh with
him seven other spirits and they dwell
there, and the last state is worse than
the first.
Christ meant this for the Jews, for he
says: " Even so shall it be also unto this
wicked generation." Christ's advent
broke the power of Eat= and gave to
the Jews at that time - special privileges,
greater than those which led the Nine-vites
to repentance, and yet Christ was re-jected,
and their hearts, were neutralized
( emptied), prepared for a condition of
subjection to Satan sevenfold greater
NOTICE.
To the Church of God in California:
Last fall I mentioned through the columns
of the Trumpet that the church here at
Lodi had arranged for the purchase of a
camp- ground, and that we had until Oct
1, 1901 to pay for it. Later it has been
thought advisable and practical to pay
for the ground this spring at our annual
camp- meeting which begins May 3 and
continues ten days.
At the meeting last fall there were a
number of saints who promised to pay
certain amounts by the time we were to
pay for the ground, and the sum of what
had been promised was equal to about
half the cost of the ground. I would say
to all such who have promised, that it it
is possible for you to do so, please bring
or send your amounts to this camp- meet-ing
this spring so that the purchase can
be made at this time. And to all who
have not yet taken a financial interest in
this beautiful grove for the work of our
God I would say that we need between
two and three hundred dollars more than
has been promised, and we ask every one
of the saints in California to do what
you- can in this respect, and do so at
once, so that this matter can be disposed
of before the close of the camp- meeting.
Let no . one hesitate to send or bring the
smallest offering.
W e also extend this privilege to all
the saints outside of California, as we
expect to make some improvements upon
the ground and fit it up for a permanent
camp- ground. It is not only an excellent
spot and central for the state camp-meetings,
but is a suitable place for a
house of worship when the local church
is ready to build. The ground will be
deeded to the Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co.,
to be held and controlled by the church
of God in California through properly
and legally appointed trustees, so that
no one need fear that it will ever fall
into the hands of any private individuals
and be used for any other purpose than
the glory of God.
1 would say to all the saints in general
who contemplate making a change of
location and climate that 1 know of no
better locality on the Pacific Coast for
the three leading industries of farming,
fruit- growing, and dairying, combined,
than this Lodi country. Land is reason-ably
cheap for California, it being no
higher than many places in Illinois,
Indiana, or Iowa, with equal market
advantages. W ater is excellent and
abundant as it comes from the perpetual
snows of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The climate is not equal to that of south-ern
California, but good, and in many
respects preferable to anything east of
the Rocky Mountains. With a few
thousand dollars and good managing
a pleasant home and comfortable living
can be secured. We are praying and
believing for a thorough work for ( Dcd
to be done throughout this country, and
that the holy remnant shall be gathered
out, so that this localit y may be a de-sirable
place for the saints and our chil-dreAni
Pray
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or the camp- ground
should be sent by registered letter, P. 0.
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A False Spirit Exposed.
By A. A. RINZI ♦ ,
QOM' reasons why 1 accepted the
" Anti- second- cleansing heresy : 1st
— They claimed The Gospel Trumpet
Pub. Co. was nothing but a money- mak.
ing scheme, and that the brethren at the
officrt were getting rich. They oho
claimed that the stockholders, or ' V'
- formation of the company, was sim
another way to get the saints' mo
They said that Bro. Tufts was oppose"
it' at Chicago. 2mt— That our former
teaching could not be correct, ae,
did not produce that perfect la
that was enjoyed by the pristine Ohris
tians. 3rd— That the power of
was not manifested in healing
sick and the salvation of souls, and tints
thing of so many fallings away into Bin
and coming to the altar again was
brought up to prove we were wrong in
doctrine. They claimed that we were
swindled out of our money by one of the
Worst sects on the earth, and were
by incorrect teaching. We must
to search for truth. Ilere the cony
tion changes. They said:
truth;" viz., that sin was not inn
— men were not corrupted
quence of Adam's sin ; hence, plink)
forgiveness, of sills was all that
needed, and when We received that
hearts were perfectly pure. They ale
said sanctification NVilS not a & alibis,
but a preparation for the work of Git
They said: " Just take your stand u
this truth, and you will see the a
oneness and unity; then the power
God will be manitest In healing the sirs
and multitudes will be saved as it
the morning light." After listening,
all this and hearin g them say so mint
about the Trumpet Office, and that it
was a one man institution, and that thi$
man was bigoted and puffed up etc.
— Finally, after hearing them say
this, I took my stand upon their
premises— sin is not inherited, and per-fect
purity is received in forgiveness of
sins. Then I began to look for that
unity which they said would exist, also
for the healing and salvation of the
multitudes. Brethren, I did wait for
almost one and one- half years, but to
my longing expectation no oneness Gann,
nor was the power of God manifested in
healing the sick or saving the multitudes.
But to the contrary, instead of onenesiit
was disagreement, division, contention,
and a loss of confidence; one teaching
that sin was not inherited and that We
were saved in the act of baptism, aid
that those who were not thus saved were
saved through ignorance, or as an excep-tion
to the rule. Another teaches dint
" sin is inherited and affects the whole
man," and that " salvation is sought by
prayer, repentance, and faith." YOU
can see from the foregoing satement that
there is no oneness in their teaching, and
as far as I know there is but one point
on which they can agree, and that is in
opposing the doctrine of entire cleansing
of the soul after regeneration. It is
` believe what you please, just so
are honest and do not believe in a Glen!'
ing subsequent to regeneration.' Tile
head man, who is animated by the de-ceptive
spirit, writes to a brother that
he " had not preached the doctrine 01
the second cleansing of the soul for 0
years." Brethren, this statement is net
true. I have been with the mall 11 earn
The outlook is for a most precious
meeting at Moundsville, June 1- 10.
Letters are being received from people in
many states who expect to be present.
Some are coming hundreds of miles for a
spiritual benefit, others for healing or
to help others. Come praying and de-termined
to get good and do good.
Camp- meeting is not the place for
croakers, fault- finders, teachers of heresy,
or evil doers of any kind except they
abandon all such doings and come for
the express purpose of obtaining salva-tion.
It is not the place to rake up an
old trouble and have half a dozen or more
ministers kept out of the regular service
to listen to a harangue on difficulties.
Let them all sit under the preaching of
the word sent forth by the power of the
B oly Ghost and the name of the Lord
will be mare glorified ` and the Spirit of
the Lord will search out the hidden
things of darkness. Let judgment go
forth unto victory by the word of God in.
all love and meekness. Those desiring
help from the Lord can find it by meet-ing
the conditions. Able ministers will
be present to instruct the people and
enable them to obtain the experience and
receive the help desired.
Moundsville is twelve miles south of
" Wheeling, ` on the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Ohio River railways. A street-car
line extends from Wheeling to
Moundsville.
' Please explain 1 Cor. 12: 31.
J. A. M., Morriston, Ark.
The passage reads: " But covet ear-nestly
the best gifts: and yet show I
unto you a more excellent way." We
will also give this passage according to
the Syriac Version: " And if ye are em-ulous
of the superior gifts, on the other
hand, 1 show to you a better way."
,, After considering the latter rendering in
connection with the line of thought that
estions Answered.
p - meetings, also in a discussion will°
he afiirmed that sanctification
instantaneous work, separate and
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from regeneration. In this discussion he
showed by the Scriptures that sin re-mained
after regeneration, and that
sanctification, which was a work sub-sequent
to regeneration, cleansed out the
remaining sin and left the heart entirely
pure. This was about five years ago,
and the camp- meetings were less than
four years ago. You may decide if he
stated the truth. The same man told
me four years ago that there was going
to be another reformation— beside the
present one— not outside this one, but
inside. You can see what was then in
his heart. Was he not contemplating in
his heart the steps he has since taken?
Re and others informed me at the " Mill
Qreek Chapel" that they were out of the
Whole thing ( meaning the whole refor-mation,
publishing work, etc.). Did he
not carry the same thought in his paper
last summer when he referred to those
brethren that had seen their condition
and confessed the same, letting the
brethren know where they stood? He
says ' he would not have cared for them
going back if they had a clean place to
go to!' This statement shows they had
been away, or they could not come back.
Rad they remained in the Spirit and the
great doctrines of the present reforma-tion—
the doctrines that God has owned
and blessed unto the upbuilding of this
present reformation, and in the salvation
of many precious souls? The answer is,
" No."
Some may ask why they had not re-mained
in the doctrines of this reforma-tion.
1st— They had followed doctrines
that were contrary to the word of God.
They had received another spirit which
called the spirit of this reformation the
spirit of bondage, or popery. And when
they became convicted they renounced
the false spirit with the false doctrine and
came to God for salvation. When the
above brethren were away from the
spirit of this reformation they stood with
the man who says: " This reformation is
of God, and he is in it." Is it not
strange, dear reader, that an intelligent
man would declare himself free from the
doctrines and spirit of a reformation and
also regret that others had gone back,
because it was unclean, and yet in the
[ ace of all this, say this reformation is
of God and he is in it? I can not under-stand
how any one can claim that they
are in a reformation when down in their
hearts they detest its spirit and doctrines.
Why is this claim made? Is it not done
to draw away disciples after them?
Dear saints, beware of this false spirit!
To- day 1 can praise God for deliverance
from that false spirit; yes, for salvation
in Jesus.
NOTE.— We wish to say to the glory
of God only that the statements in the
above article written by A. A. Kinzie
are correct. As far as he went he told
the truth. We trust the dear saints will
stand tree from that deception, and that
those who are ensnared may speedily see
their condition, renounce the thing, and
take their stand for the truth and unity
of God's people. J. M. Harrington.
News from the Field.
Creston, Wash., April 18.
If any of tie brethren desire to come
to eastern . Washington and locate on a
quite well improved fruit farm close to
where the saints hold their general
camp- meeting, please write for fall de-scription
of same, enclosing stamp for
reply. As God called me into tlae gospel
work several years ago, I find the farm
to be a great hindrance through calling
my attention so much from the Lord's
work. I must sell it. Do not ask to
rent.
Jas. B. Peterman, Colfax, Wash.
at two places with good interest. I in-tend
to go 35 miles north of here and
hold meetings a few days, then return
here to be at the assembly- meeting, after
which I expect to go home ( W ade, I. T.).
Those wanting meeting through May and
June can write me after the first of May
at Wade, Choctaw Nation.
Jas. D. Ferrill.
Camp, Ark.
Once more we write a few lines to let
the readers of the Lord's paper know
how the work is progressing in this part
of the country. We preach one Sunday
out of each month at Burk's Chapel, and
have been holding prayer- meetings at a
school- house. We have now secured a
house in Camp where we will have
preaching, prayer- meeting, and Sunday-school,
if the Lord leads. Any one
st might out for the Lord and feeling led
to come and preach will receive a hearty
welcome. Sister Staggs preaches for us
once a month. I think the outlook - for
the truth is very good in most parts of
this country. Please remember us in
your prayers. S. IL McElmurry.
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., April 18.
We are at present engaged in a meet-ing
at this place where we held a series
of meetings about two months ago.
Some few precious souls have gotten out
clear for God and want to be baptized,
which will be attended to before we
leave. We had a very successful meet-ing
at Graysville. God's little ones just
came leaping home to Zion. Seven were
baptized. Bro. N. S. Duncan and wife,
also wife and myself are working toward
the Moundsville C. M. Bro. Duncan
and wife are going by way of Winchester,
Ky., and wife and 1 by way of Bigstone
Gap and Bluefield, West Va. Those
desiring either of us to hold meetings on
our way, address us at the above places
at once, as the time will soon be here
for the camp- meeting. ' Pray for us.
W. A. Sutherland and N. S. Duncan.
Addy, Wash., April 18.
We are glad to report victory and joy
through the Holy Ghost. Since our last
report we have held meeting three weeks
at Waynesville, W ash. , where one family
made its escape from sect confusion and
is now enjoying freedom in mount Zion.
From there we came to this place. Twelve
souls sought freedom. God now has a
little church here of twenty dear saints.
Some are enjoying the second cleansing.
' We are praying God to strengthen the
saints here and increase their fruit of
righteousness so that more will be added
to their number. We are now on our
way to Colville, Wash. to labor for the
lost. We expect to return to strengthen
the church here and at Cedonia just be-fore
the camp- meeting at Daisy, Wash.
( see notice.) We expect a grand camp-meeting.
The churches in these parts
are anxiously looking forward and pray-ing
God to pour out his blessings and
show his mighty power in convicting,
converting, and sanctifying souls, and
casting' out devils. Let all, especially
the ministers on the coast, make a special
effort to be here.
J. C. Peterman and Co.
Lancaster, Wis., April 19.
We are glad to report victory on the
Lord's side. We have just returned to
this place atter an absence of two months,
during which we have held several meet-ings.
First, seven miles southwest of
Richland Center which was a real soul-saving
time, it being a new place. Three
miles southwest of Richland Center a
meeting was held in the homes of the
people of the neighborhood. It was a
real interesting meeting. One soul was
gloriously saved and a number of others
were under deep conviction. The word
of God went forth with power and
victory. To God be all the praise and
glory. Any true minister passing through
near this place will be gladly received.
Address Sister Jessie 13. Lewis, Richland
Center, Wis. From this place we went
to Palmyra and held meetings one week
in the Congregational meeting- house. It
was a real victory for God. Though this
meeting was not largely attended, yet
all that came seemed to be deeply
interested, and nearly all seemed to re-ceive
the truth. Some spoke of the dead-ness
of sectism and expressed their inten-tion
to sever their connection with it.
This was but a time of sowing the prec-ous
seed and will, we believe, pave the
way for another meeting which will be
used of God in the salvation of precious
souls and the deliverance of some from
the confusion and darkness of sectism.
From this place we came to Madison,
Wis. and were in the city a week. I
had the privilege of preaching two short
sermons— one in a mission and one in a
saloon ( in the suburbs) to quite a crowd
of boys and men who listened attentively
to the gospel. We returned to this place
which will be our permanent address.
J. A. Wilber and Wife.
Chanute, Kan., April 18.
Since our last report God has kept us
saved and given us many tokens of good,
although we have not been engaged in
meetings all the time. We have been
permitted to laoor some at manual work,
which has proved to be a healthful rec-reation,
and have enjoyed it very much.
We thank the Lord for the privilege.
During this time we have not been alto-crether
idle concerning the work of the
Lord, as we have had one appointment
east of Chanute every two weeks, and
then w e have attended four meetings here
each week and Sunday- school, and God
has blessed us. The Lord has brought
the little church through tests and trials
of afflictions this spring and winter, but
God has promised to give " the bread of
adversity, and the water of affliction,
yet shall not thy teachers be removed
into a corner any more: ... and thine
ears shall hear a word behind thee, say-ing,
This is the _ way, walk ye in it"—
Isa. 30: 20, 21. We hope, trust, and
pray that all will walk in the way as
God leads. Hitherto we have not been
able to get the truth to the people very
much because of not having a public
place of meeting, as we have met only in
private homes; but, by faith in the living
God, we see better things for the work of
the Lord here in Chanute in the near
future. We have been thinking, talking,
and praying about building a little house
into which we might invite the people to
hear the truth and see the works of God,
what he will do for those who seek him.
We have thought perhaps there were
saints at other places and some scattered
around not far away who would be glad
to assist us with their means. It only a
little from several, it would help - as
much, and we could soon have a house of
worship for the Lord, in his own name
and order, and to him shall be all the
honor and glory. - We would say that
there are some things in sight. We have
found a location suitable, and some money
and nearly all the labor are promised. We
would be glad to hear from any who are
interested, and whom the Lord is moving
on by his Spirit with a willing heart and
a ready mind. It we have any surplus
it shall be consecrated to the Lord and
used as he shall direct.
-' I have the promise of Bro. Charles
Bright's tabernacle to use this summer
here in eastern Kansas, as he will use
Bro. Yeilguth's ( who is in Germany).
We have several places in mind where we
are expecting to hold meetings, the Lord
willing, as soon as the weather will per-mit,
at Independence and Chanute and
wherever the Lord may lead. If any
desire our help and labor in tabernacle
work we would be glad to hear from you.
e have also felt the need of some one
to help us; would prefer some brother
( and sister) that sings bass, but will be
satisfied with whom the Lord may' direct.
1 also request the saints of God. to pray
that he will truly give me a humble
heart and supply me with his Spirit,
that I may be able to fill my calling.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all, is our prayer.
Emil and. Daisy Krauts.
Nappanee, Ind., April 23.
Since my last report through the
Trumpet the Lord has been keeping me
with real victory in my soul over all the
powers of darkness, for which I give him
all the glory. The Olive Bethel meeting
was very precious from beginning to end.
The Lord was present. in delivering prec-ious
souls, pardoning sinners, reclaiming
backsliders, sanctifying believers, and
healing the sick. Some who had got
under a spirit of compromise were de-livered,
and shouted the praises of God.
There were about twenty- five consecra-tions
in all. Bro. Geo. L. Cole was with
me in this meeting, whom the dear Lord
used much in administering the word,
besides other workers living in this
vicinity whom God used to his glory.
The church was much encouraged, for
which we praise God I came home from
that meeting and had quite a severe at-tack
of the grip; but the Lord had mercy
on me and . healed me, for which YIgive
him all the praise.
I then went to South Chicago and
labored in meetings there for about two
weeks. God began to work on the hearts
of the people in the beginning of the meet-ing,
and salvation work began at the first
altar call and continued through the
meeting. About thirty consecrated, some
for pardon and some for sanctification.
Nearly all received the desire of their
hearts, the Lord witnessing by his Spirit
to their acceptance. A very precious
divine healing service was held on the
last afternoon of the meeting. Many
received the mighty healing touch and
were made to praise God for his good-ness.
Some who attended this meetang
had gotten somewhat entangled with an
Antichrist spirit of compromise; but
when they heard the word the Holy Spirit
showed them their condition and they
renounced the Antichrist spirit, got down
before the Lord, and were delivered.
Praise our God! Would to God that
others ( who have lost their first love, and
are finding fault with the Gospel Trumpet
and God's ministers who lay judgment to
the line, and have put the Trumpet and
such literature out of their homes and
missions, and still profess to be of the
body of Christ) would see that there is no
division in the body ( 1 Cor. 12: 25- 27;
Rom. 12: 4, 5) , and repent and get back
into the fold. W hile at Chicago, in
company with two of God's children, we
visaed a young brother at Pullman who
had been sick for some time time with
inflammatory rheumatism. He requested
to be anointed for healing. The Word
was obeyed ( Jas. 5: 14, 15) and. the Lord
touched him with his healing power; he
was enabled to arise and walk the floor
praising God. I was also permitted to
go with Bro. E. E. Byrum to Hammond
and visit a brother who was paralyzed on
one side. He was anointed and prayed
for, and the Lord enabled him to walk
across the house and back. He was
much encouraged. A number of brethren
in the ministry were present in the meet-ing;
some all through the meeting, and
some but a short time— Bro. E. E.
Byrum one night and Bro. A. J. Kilpat-rick
two nights. Surely it was a real
blessing to us to meet the dear brethren.
The meeting closed with a precious
ordinance service in which about forty
happy saints took part.
I am as home at present. The brethren
here have bought a tabernacle, and Iex-pect,
the Lord willing, to use the same
this summer in some of the towns around
home. Pray for me. S. P. Strang.
God has his best things for the few
That dare to stand the test;
God has his second choice for those
Who will not have his best.
Weatherford, 0. T., April 16.
I am still saved and holding up the
truth to lost souls. I have been in this
part three weeks and have held meetings
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Testimonies
Magnolia, S. C.
I am glad to say that I am saved and
sanctified, and that my wife and two
children are saved. The Lord has
wonderfully blessed us. Praise his holy
name! Leneston Lane.
Joy, Ky
r am saved and kept by the power of
God. Praise his holy name! I had a
limb broken in January and the Lord
healed me. I give him all the glory.
He is a present- help in every time of
need. Pray that I may be kept humble
so that God can use me to his glory.
I thank God that the precious blood of
Jesus has lost none of its power to save.
Win. Y. Rice.
Gentryville, led.
I am happy to say that Jesus keeps
me sweetly saved each day, and is a
, comfort in trials and troubles. He is
also my physician for both soul and
body; for he willingly takes care of all
that we trust with him. I would say to
those who are in trouble in any way or
anywhere, Trust in the Lord, and he will
lead to victory. Praise his dear name!
What a great leader of his people! Re-member
me in prayer.
Pearl M. Hudspeth.
Williamsburg, Mo.
I praise God for his saving grace and
keeping power. He saves me, and keeps
me day by day. He heals all my dis-eases
since I have taken him for my phy-sician.
My little girl was very sick
with the grip. I prayed God to heal
her that night. Next morning she was
much better and has been going about
ever since. He has healed me of sore
throat, for which I give him all the
praise. Pray that I may always do
God's will. H. () key.
Sedan, Kans.
I am praising God for salvation
through the blood of Jesus. He has been
my help in every time of need. I have
not been near any of the saints, but I
take pleasure in reading the Trumpet.
It brings comfort to my soul. I want
the saints to pray that I do all 1 can to
send this gospel into new homes. It
has brought the light to me. Its pages
are food to my soul. I can not praise
the Savior enough for sending his full
salvation to even me. Praise his holy
name! Pray for me. S. C. Moftet.
Greensburg, La.
The Lord keeps me saved with victory
in my soul. I have been here at my
mother's home for three months, and so
can go to none but Jesus for help. I
find precious promises in the word of
God, as in Matt. 11: 28- 30. The Word
is true. Therefore, when I am afflicted
I read Jas. 5: 14, 15 and pray, and have
the saints pray for me, and the dear Lord
heals me. I have learned many pre-cious
lessons. I could not read or write
when I_ was saved; but the Word is very
' precious to my- soul. When people here
tell me that their church it right I read
the Scripture on the church that Christ
built. I am satisfied with the Lord.
Pray, dear saints, that God will keep me
humble. Emma Johnson.
Joppa, n lc
The Lord has saved my soul and
Cleansed me from all unrighteousness
, through the blood of Jesus. He is my
physician. I want to live for him and
be, true at aannvy cost. Praise the Lord
for salvation' Dear saints, do not
glee the sick and suffering around
be kind to them; do what you can
tir them; even if they seem to oppose
the truth it may be that God will give
* in repentance to the acknowledging
the': truth, and open their eyes, and
tern, them' from darkness to light. It
will - be awful if Jesus should say to any
of us: was sick and in prison, and ye
visited me not." If any, of God's true
ministers are led this way, we shall be
glad for them to come. Pray that the
Lord may keep me from evil and use me
to his glory. Ada L. Brock.
Chance, Ark.
I praise the Lord for sweet victory in
my soul. How I do thank him for his
kindness to me. He keeps me saved by his
mighty power. God's grace is sufficient
for those that trust and obey him. Praise
ins holy name forever! Pray that I
may ever trust the Lord in all things.
" The Kingdom of God" and " The Great
Physician" are the best books I aver
read. A careful study of these has
brought much light and knowledge to
me in comprehending the scriptures. I
can truly say : it is spiritual food to my
soul. Praise God for a complete salva-tion
that saves from sin and heals the
sick. 0 precious cross! 0 golden crown!
0 resurrection day! What a glorious
time to the Christian! May the rich
blessings of God ever rest upon God's
dear children, is my prayer.
J. M. S. Mariott.
Montague, Mich.
I wish to testify of the goodness of
God to me. I find him a very present
help in every time of need. My little
boy had a very sore ear, also a sore
tongue, and the Lord wonderfully healed
him. He has healed him of other ail-ments,
for which 1 give him all the praise.
0 dear ones, it pays to trust the Lord.
We can. not afford to live without him!
He will do more for us than we can ask
or think if we will only trust and obey
him. The way grows better every day.
It is my determination to go through for
him at any cost. I desire the prayers of
the dear ones that I may be just what
Jesus would have me be in every respect,
and follow in his footsteps who did no
sin neither was guile found in his mouth.
Mrs. Gertrude Hutchins.
Requests for Prayer.
I ask the prayers of all God's little ones,
as I am afflicted. Please pray for my son
also. He has been sick a long time. Mrs.
L. A. Graves, Stonewall, Miss.
I desire every Christian reader of the
Trumpet to pray that I may be healed of
chills and fever. My faith is weak, but
pray that I may have victory. A. M. Camp,
Taylorsville, Ala.
Pray that I may be saved and sanctified
and delivered from the tobacco habit and
its effects. I have been in the Baptist
denomination fourteen years, but find that
I need salvation. L. E. Doty, Layton,
Ark.
DeKalb, Ill. Pray for the healing of a
young girl who has been crippled up for
years. The case is worse than any one can
realize without having seen her. Now she
is getting blind also. She loves Jesus. In
Jesus' name pray the prayer of faith that
" shall" save the sick. Otto Branlin.
Calls for Meetings.
Who can come to a grove two miles east
of Atlantic, Crawford Co., Pa. and hold a
meeting this coming summer? A. W.
Luse, Atlantic, Pa.
Any true minister of God who will come
here and preach the word uncompromisingly
will find in my house a home. J. W. Clarke,
Cornhouse, Randolph Co., Ala.
We are very much in need of the pure
gospel. There is much to be done in this
western country. Could we not have a
tabernacle- meeting? The people are in
great darkness. Can not some of. God's
chosen minsters come to our help this
spring? Mrs. Mary Bobier, Bozeman,
Mont.
Edgewood, Clayton On., Iowa. The saints
here are in need of a ' good spiritual preacher.
There are: bat -- a few of us and we need
encouragement. - We have had no meetings
here for about four years. People wonder
why we never have any preaching any- more,
and some have said they would like to be
saved. Anyone led of God to come will
find a home at ow horse. Why is Iowa so
neglected? 1X- Is Noble.
I am located at Rowland, Ky. a little
town of about five or six hundred inhabit-ants.
situated' in Lincoln Co. on the L. and
N. R. R. Any of the ministers traveling
north or south on the C. S. R. R. can stop
off at Junction City and change cars for
Rowland; those coming from the north can
come straight through on the K. C. R. R.
without changing. We have a large meet-ing-
house open at any time for the truth,
and we also have some lovers of the truth;
so you will find a welcome any time you
come. W. W. Fitzwater.
Meeting Notices.
Necessity, Tex. The harvest is ready
and people seem anxious for meeting.
There is a great work to be done, as the
pure gospel has not been preached here.
People are in utter darkness. Whom will
God send according to Matt. 28: 19, 20?
There are two school- houses here in good
communities where services of all kind are
well attended. This place is in Stephens
Co., 18 miles north of Ranger, the nearest
R. it. station. D. G. Lnkit.
Bloomington, Ill. Central Illinois taber-nacle-
meetings will commence at this place
May 20 and continue as long as the Lord
wills. A number of gospel workers will be
present. Everybody welcome. Those de-siring
information write A. S. Kriebel,
Reddick, Ill.
Fresno, Cal. Assembly. May 17- 27.
The meeting will be held in the same build-ing
as last year, viz., the Spinney Build-ing
on Merced and I Sts., Fresno, Cal.
be announced later. All saints and visitors
welcome to attend all the meetings. For
farther information address J. L. Chaffin.
West Manchester, Ohio. Tabernacle-meeting.
Beginning May 20. Wm. E.
Warren will be with us, and other ministers
are expected. Chas. A. Smith, Castine,
Ohio.
Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich. Assembly-meeting,
beginning Thursday evening, May
23; to continue over Lord's day at the
chapel. Ministerial help desired. 0. H.
Eldridge.
Merlin, Oregon. • Camp- meeting, May
30 to June 9. Merlin is situated on the L.
P. R. R. and is nine miles north of Grants
Pass, the former camp- ground. P. T.
Everton, U. G. Clark, Merlin, Ore.
Daisy, Wash. Camp- meeting, June 1 to
10, one- half mile west of Daisy on Columbia
River. E. C. Gardner, L. H. Brown,
Daisy, Wash.
Creston, Wash. Damp- meeting. June
14- 23. Six miles northeast of Creston,
near the Orange Blossom schoolhouse. Let
the saints in these parts be sure to attend.
Come so as to get the benefit of all the
meetings. Bring your friends. For
further information address Bro. V. O.
Maiden or C. E. Smith, Creston, Wash.
Jas. B. Peterman.
St. Louis, Mich. Tent meeting, six
miles east of city on Pine River, in Bro.
Ronk's grove, June 20- 30. Let all that
come bring tents along, and come provided
with bedding. Those coming by rail ad-dress
J. R. Walter or H. Ajarten, St. Louis,
Mich. Those intending to come by team
can write to me. Bros. Sheldon and Shelley,
and the Gratiot Co. workers are expected.
All are welcome. David Mitchell.
Conway, Mich. Camp- meeting, six miles
north of Petoskey, Mich. Commencing
June 26 and continuing over two Sundays.
lfasturage for horses and straw foi bedding
furnished free. Come and have a good
time. For further particulars write Bro.
Ira Chaddendon of Harbor Springs, or Bro.
Arthur Austin, Conway. Ministers feeling
led to come, address WalterWillis, Petoskey,
Mich.
Colfax, Wash. 1 ,, n. 27 to July 7.
General northwestern camp- meeting will
be held as usual on the Saints' camp-ground
at the Saints' Home, 10 miles south
of Colfax and 9 miles from Pullman. We
are expecting one of the best camp- meetings
every hEld on the coast. Let all come
prepared to stay through the meeting.
Make a special effort to get as many as you
can of your neighbors to coma and camp.
For further informaton address Joseph
Conover or J. M. Cochran, Colfax, Wash.
Jas. B. Peterman.
Wade, Choctaw Nation, I. T. Camp-meeting,
July 4- 14. We will try to care
for'all who are not prepared to care for
themselves. This is a new field and we
would be glad to have help. Wade is 25
miles from the railroad. Durant is the
closest railroad town. Those that come
from the north can come to Durant ( on the
M. K. and T. R. It.), and those coming
from the south get off at Bonham, Tex.
You will be met at either place. Address
IW. T. Seetan or James D. Perrin, Wade,
. T.
Social Point, Tex. Camp- meeting. Com-mencing
Aug. 2 to continue as long as the
Lord leads. Those coming by railway stop
at Keatchie, La. For further information
address W. B. Janson, Panola, Tex., or J.
B. Lagrane, Deadwood, Tex. We trust
the Lord will send some ministers and
workers who are filled with the Holy Ghost
to help in the meeting. B. M. Teekell.
Hartsells, Ala. Camp- meeting, 5 miles
east of city commencing Aug. 2, to con-tinue
as long as God leads. J. L. Mitchell.
MILLER.— Archibald Miller died
home at Tekonsha, Mich., March 34
Bro. Miller accepted this way a xi
years ago, and, although an in
trust was always in the Lord whom Is
was sufficient for all his need. He 1.0444
wife and a host of friends to mourn. -
loss. 0. H. Eldrid
JUN- JUN.— Anthony t Junkia eat
born at Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, June
1820; died. at the home of his daug
near Weston, Ore., Aprl. 4, 1901, -
years, 10 months, and 27 days. Ise
member of the U. B. denomination eta, a
years, but came out into the light and se- ii
baptized at the June camp- meeting sait
year near Colfax. He was not fully satisitta
with his experience until a short timeelea
fore his death. He wanted to be
sanctified, but at last said he
and ready to go. He leaves four so
four daughters. May the Lord' help.`
bereaved to be ready to meet him.
A. B. OW
KENNEDY.— Jane Kennedy was bent
in 1S40; died at her home near Wan
Creek, April 10, 1901. She was at one tistei
a member of the United Brethren denordak
tion, but never seemed satisfied until
accepted the one way ten years age,
Kennedy has been an invalid for a
of years. God, has often heard and au
prayer in her behalf. Her trust was
in him until her We's work was tin`
She leaves a son and four daughters.
the Lord comfort and bless them in
their sad bereavement. Funeral sere*"
by the undersigned. Text, . lee. 14: 1. ' 4
C. II. Eldridrits, s1e
DOGGETT.-- May
gett Dee. 1S, L81).
18, 1869, was
s7;
marrie ixto hil. tireeiahnmoirtb, i
the union, all of win- un
died April 20. 1901. 33 years, 1
month, and 2 dare. 1.; est November when
Sister Sunderland held meetings at Atlaut4
she renewed her covenant with God, having
been a backslider for some time. Sines
that time it seems she lived for God. She
died of quick vonsemption, her last testi-mony
being that elle was saved and willing
to go. We pray that t Ito many relativeS
and husband may get saved. Subjeet: " A
prepared
14: 1- p3l. a
ee for a preperealv. peRooplc."
Jno.
Covert, Mich.
CARTER.— Mrs. Sarah Carter, wife of
Wm. Carter, departed this life April 12.
She was born in Newburg, Penn. in 1860.
She accepted the truth several years ago,
since when she has always been ready and
willing to labor hard with her hands for the
Lord, in camp- meetings, or missions, or
for the sick; but for the last few years has
not been able to get an experience that
would stand, and part of the time was far
away from God. For mor than a year she
has been an intense sufferel from what has
been termed an internal cancer. About two
months before she died she earnestly sought
the Lord for salvation, met the conditions
in God's word, and obtained deliverance,
after which she bore the fruits of the Spiry,
and God, at times, in answer to prake'.'
wonderfully relieved her sufferings;
the real desire of her heart was to
However, a few weeks before her death,$
awnodu lfda ualtt - tfiimndeisn sgh, oanwd fmruaintsy otifm iems psaigtlnss c6
insanity were observable. A few days b?",
fore her death she prevailed upon a sole"
boy to bring her a bottle containing carbolic
acid from an adjoining room. She hid It
the
it
in her bed, and, finally, when alone, drank
tim, reess ruelqtiunegs tiend htheor sdee caatrhin. gS hfoer hhaedr tmo haindy'
acid so that she would not know lylu ► e
it was. We can only leave her in the hands
of a just God ' who judges righteously.
Mrs. Della FrY•
BIMBER.— Sister Amelia BurtonIti
was born Feb. 16, 1s4: 3 in Ashland County,
Ohio; fell asleep in Jesus April 9, DM.
She was married to Jacob Dilmsrd, now de-ceased,
in 1874, and live children blessed
their union, of which four survive. Sister.
Amelia was married to Bro. Geo. H. Bluth*
about five years ago. She was comer*
when quite young and was a number
the U. B. denomination for a number of
years. She came out into the glorie4
gospel light in 1890, under Bra. S
preaching. She WBS  zealous Ohnstia•
mother and a kinu neighbor, and was
also a strong believer in the saving aad
healing power of God. The writer- has
I several times seen her instantly healed by
the power of God. When sick this last
time she told her husband that she would
not get well. She was sick about a month.
Bro. Bimber chose the text for her funeral,
which is in part: " I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith."- 2 Tim. 4: 6- 8. She was
buried in Tidioute cemetery. We pray
God to help the children get an everlasting
salvation and meet their mother in glory;
and may the Lord keep Bro. Bimber until
his work is done, is our prayer.
Chas. J. Stewart.
Moundsville, W. Va. June I= 1
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Come and receive a benefit and greater spiritual strength, also to help others obtain the
blessings of Full Salvation and Healing. ae- 1 This meeting will be anti-: sectarian. Every
lover of the truth, whether saved or unsaved, is invited. Come prepared to provide and
care for yourselves as nearly as possible. If convenient bring a pillow, blanket, and straw-tick.
Sleeping apartments will be provided free of charge. Boarding and eatables can be
procured on the grounds. Services will be held in the Auditorium which has a seating
capacity of 4000. Divine Healing services will be held . in the Chapel of the Trumpet
Home each day.
so will the word of God be preached in these meetings in all its purity on the various Bible
themes. Ministers from various parts of the United States and Canada will be present to ex-pound
the word of God in such a manner that people will be able to understand it, and learn
how to believe God; so that sinners may be saved from their sins, believers sanctified, sick
healed, and the oppressed of the devil find deliverance. This assembling of people will be for
the deliverance and salvation of precious souls, spiritual advancement of believers, and for
ministers and Gospel workers to receive a better qualification for winning souls, teaching
the Word, healing the sick, etc. You may not have yet decided to come. Decide now.
Induce your friends and neighbors to come. Let fervent, effectual prayer be offered
everywhere for the success of this meeting. Come determined to receive a benefit and
you will not be disappointed. Come also to help others.
Reduced Rates Have Been Secured
over the various railroads of the Central Passenger Association, and the South- eastern
Passenger Assocation. This will enable you to travel to the meeting over any of the roads,
paying full fare going, taking a certificate from the agent where the ticket is bought, stating
that you are going- to the camp- meeting of the Church of God at Moundsville, W. Va. You
can then return for one- third of the regular fare. These rates are given provided i oo persons
have certificates. Full particulars regarding reduced rates will be given in next issue.
Come and Hear the Gospel in its Purity and. Fulness.
2 04 2
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
I was taken with a severe palpitation.
of the heart, and felt led to pray for my
healing. After taking my case to the
Lord I was instantly relieved and
blessed, and • I promised to let it be
known. 1 have been healed many times
and of some very serious afflictions. I
desire to glorify. God, and to hold him up
- to this., world as the Great Physician of
- soul and body, and the author of all
good. Gertrude Raether.
Aline, ill.
Healed of Toothache and Other Pains.
1 am saved from all sin and kept by
the power of God. was greatly
afflicted with toothache, but God healed
me. I had a severe pain in my head. I
also took it to the Lord, and was healed
immediately, for which I give God all
the praise and glory. I ask the prayers
of the saints that I may be kept humble
and submissive doing God's will, and
that my family may be devoted to God.
Drayton, Ky., Mar. 19. - Wm. Day.
Healed of Rheumatism.
I was afflicted with rheumatism for
quite a while, and it seemed that all the
power of the devil was against me.
First one would tell me a remedy, then
another; but, praise God! I did not try
any of them. I would just pray the
Lord for help, and would get better, but
would then let the devil cheat me out of
my victory. I was this way for a long
time. Finally I sent a message to the
Trumpet Family for prayer, and God has
healed me. Praise God for his wonder-ful
power! G. W. Stinson.
Velpen, Ind.
Direct Healing from the Lord.
I was saved about five months ago and
find the Savior dear to my soul. It we
trust him he will never leave nor forsake
us. I have received much help through
the Gospel Trumpet. I know the Lord
is able to heal our bodies if we trust him.
We have had direct healing from the
Lord and are not taking medicine. My
sister is sick with lung trouble and
wishes the saints to pray for her. We
believe the Lord will heal her. Pray
that our faith may be increased.
Klondike, Mich. W. C. Rewalt.
Healed of Nervous Disease.
I am praising God for a full salvation.
Jesus saves, sanctifies, and heals me. I
had a nervous disease and sometimes it
seemed I could not stand the least shock.
1 called upon God for healing and he
heard my prayer. Then I was impressed
to testify, but I neglected to do so until
the disease came upon me again worse
than before. This time it seemed I could
not get the victory; but I prayed all
night and toward morning the answer
came and I was entirely healed from
that hour. I have also been healed of
heart trouble and other afflictions. To
God be all the glory.
Hattie
The Lord our Family Physician.
1 praise the Lord for what he has done
for me and my family. The Lord justi-fied
me according to Rom. 5: 1, then
afterwards I sought the Lord with my
whole heart, and he sanctified me. Praise
his name! I can say as David: " 0
taste and see that the Lord is good." I
can say that he does for me as the
Psalmist says: " Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."
The Lord gave me light on healing about
five years ago. We have had much sick-
,
ness since then, but the Lord heals all our
diseases without doctors or medicine.
e have seven children, and three of
them have never tasted medicine. The
people around us have been suffering
very much with grip. They had doc-tors
and medicine and continued to sliffer.
Four of our children had it and we left
them in the hands of the Lord. Three
of them were instantly healed. Satan
tried to keep one of them bound, but we
held on to the Lord and he healed him
every whit. whole. To God be all the
glory. E. P. Stokes.
Darlington, S. C.
Healed of Grip.
1 am praising God for his power to
save from sin and heal. I was taken
sick on Sunday and kept praying for
God to heal me. 1 did not get any
better; so the next Sunday I called in
some of God's children and we obeyed
Tas. 5: 14 and the Lord answered
prayer. I felt well and went to sleep
that night believing the work- was done.
But Satan has many cunning devices; so
next morning I was almost as bad as
ever. But 1 just kept trusting God and
having the saints pray for me. Every
time they prayed I would get better, but
would afterwards get worse again. I
continued this way two weeks, when I
had a sister send for an anointed
handkerchief. We applied it in the
name of the Lord, and I was up in three
days. Praise God from whom all bless-ings
flow! In a week 1 was as well as
ever, except a slight weakness. I can
say of a truth that God is able to heal
our bodies as well as our souls. Pray
that- I may ever be found faithful.
Hattie Johnson.
East Prairie, Mo.
Healed of Chill.
I am a witness to God's healing
power. I have much to praise him for.
When the true light of God's word came
to this place it found me in the Baptist
sect, committing sin every day and su ( Ter-ing
with bodily afflictions. Among them
were catarrh of the head, stomach
trouble, and sick headache from which I
had suffered from childhood. Since 1
have given myself to the Lord he has
healed me. March 27th I was taken with
a chill. It seemed that all- my old afflic-tions
would come back. I could keep
nothing on my stomach, and a large cake
appeared on my left side. I prayed the
Lord to remove the cause, and he began
cleansing up my system. On the 29th I
had another chill. I cried mightily unto
the Lord and he wonderfully healed me
and gave me strength. Praise God tor
his healing power! I desire to be kept
low at the feet of Jesus where I can
know his will and find grace to keep in
every time of need. Pray that my hus-band
be saved again; for the Word says
that the effectual, fervent prayer of a
righteous man avai)' th much.
Rose Hyatt.
Blountsville, Ala.
Trust the Lord.
Our little Lawrence, four years old,
got hold of a knife and ran across the
room. He must have held the knife in
such a way that his arm went against
the wall; for the knife entered his eye
just below the eyebrow. There was a
lump of flesh a half- inch thick on the
eyelid. It looked bad. The sore stayed
about the same for two days, then it be-gan
to swell. It swelled a little more
every night. He hurt it Friday, and
the following Wednesday morning his
eye was so swollen that he could open it
but a very little. His face was also
swollen very badly. I told his uncle ( his
papa was not at home at the time) that
we would have to go as soon as possible
and get some of the brethren to come
and pray for him; but when we had
worship that morning the Lord gave me
a clear witness that he would heal the
eye if I would but trust him. Praise his
name! he was true to his promise. It
healed up nicely, leaving no lump as is
sometimes the case. it just left a little
scar which does not look bad. We never
can praise the Lord enough for teaching
us to trust him in every time of need.
Re: has been our physician for two years.
T1Te chid never complained at all.
One morning one of his uncles stepped
in and : asked him how his eye was. He
answered: " It is all right; we prayed.'"
I thought of what a good testimony the
dear children can give. - We truly praise
the Lord for the light which shines in
our souls.
Albert and Amelia Haftorson.
Hillyard, Wash.
How God led Me.
BY SARAH WADDELL.
1 believe it will be to the glory of God
that I write my testimony concerning
the Lord's leading me into the church
of God. My father and grandfather were
Presbyterian ministers in Nova Scotia,
Canada whose chief aim was to glorify
God, and I believe lived up to all the
light they had. It was their greatest de-sire
with regard to their children that,
they be true followers of God, and useful
to their fellowmen. I mention this
because I believe that it is in answer to
the prayers of my parents, who did not
fully know what they were asking, that
God has led me as he has into his glor-ious
light and liberty. My father was
taken home when I was fifteen years of
age, but his teachings and influences
have never been forgotten. From the
time we could read, as children, we each
had our own Bible, and read our verse
in turn at family prayers. In this way
I became familiar with the letter of the
Bible which fastened itself on my
memory as nothing else did.
I was converted at an early age and
united with the Presbyterian denomina-tion,
but I was always a seeker after
more light and. truth. I saw holiness
and the second coming of Christ in the
Bible, as I did not hear it preached. As
I grew older and had the opportunity I
attended the Methodist class- meetings
and the Salvation Army to get teaching
on holiness, and was often prayed for at
these places that I might receive the ex-perience.
In April, 1883 the Lord led
me south to work among the colored
people in connection with the faith work
of Mr. C-- of Boston. I came with a
friend from Nova Scotia who had been
in ' connection with that work for some
time. We settled in Oxford, N. C.,
where we remained together until Octo-ber,
1885, teaching and holding meet-ings
and working in. any way the Lord
opened up among the people. 1 then
went to Boydton, Va., where I taught
in the Institute for a time and had charge
of the orphanage in connection with the
work there for some time; but never felt
I was in the place the Lord intended for
In June, 1888 I returned home where
I remained caring for my invalid mother
till the Lord took her in March, 1897.
Two months later found me again in
Oxford, N. C. with the same friend with
whom I came at first. 1 did not know
for what purpose God had brought me
back, but I knew that I needed spiritual
preparation for any service ' he wanted of
me. As the dear friends took hold of
God for me I had a wonderful revelation
of Christ to my soul as " the chiefest
among ten thousand, The altogether
lovely," and 1 accepted him as my
heavenly Bridegroom. This was June
16, 1897. A month later I had a de-finite
call to carry God's message as an
evangelist, to go anywhere and say any-thing
he commanded. After about a
two hours' struggle I consecrated to go
rather than disappoint Jesus. The day
after I covenanted to go was one of test-ing,
and I proved true; but there was no
joy in the service. So I went to God
for some of the delights in doing the
Father's will that Jesus had and he gave
it to me, for which I praise his name.
The devil did his utmost to prevent me
getting into the work. Knowing that I
tha I di would notfollow
Christ,
a nhyethgi nogt me t und
know
ei.
a
influence wofh oth, e
by
spirit
a wonderful
of a false
gift
Chri
o
woman
experiences bet
,
cernment, saw my
got my confidence.
three or four days I was powerless
did and so
power to remove my
except as she permitted.
ac no nystchiionugs o t its leaving me. She
was dumb till she put her hand on
laying her hand on my, head sh
my mind, and
wards placed her hand on my mouth:
lips again and gave mee permission.
speak. I believe she was just as holt
as I was; but the enemy got coated
her mind. All during the delusion
kept contending for " a sound min
while I kept claiming " the mind
Christ." When the leader of the
returned from a temporary absence
recognized the talse Christ, but was pewow.
less to control me. As the party
had power over me told me that we m
be separated, the Lord led me to
home of a colored brother and. his deer
wife who cared for me as their own child
for more than three years.
From March till September, MS the
Lord opened the way for me to work it
the bounds Of a - Baptist Association
where 1 worked with several of the
pastors in their various churches, teach-ing
tha necessity of the baptism of the
Spirit zis a distinct experience. In Sep.
tember I met the holiness convocation of
North Carolina in its annual session at
llighpoint. I had been with them M
Durham the ylar before and had kept in
touch with them during the year. At
Highpoint I offered illy services to them
to do anything they eiln.,: itlered me quali.
fied for, and was appointed sceretary
and missionary, which positions I idlei
till last September. At the quarterly
meeting in Oxford at Christmaa I \ Mt
made field secretary and a new secretary
and four new missionaries were appointed
to fill the vacant places. This worOwas as
dear to me as my own life because I be-lieved
it was the work to which God in.
tended me to devote my life's service. 1
was also an evangelist of the Southern
Christian and Missionary Alliance t
which I was strongly attached and was,
in a sense, a coccn'nnneecgctitning link hetweefe
the two ori:,, anizations.
On Fell. 28 I left Raleigh, having been
" commended by the brethren to the grace
of God for the work," and came to Dar-lington,
S. C., to attend the quarterly
holiness convention. We held a ten-days'
meeting, and the Lord blessed his
word, sending an evangelist to our help
—. Bro. IV. H. Coleman who was opposed
to all organizations and church ordi.
nances. We dropped all our differeaees
and worked harmoniously together.. The
meetings were held in a room of the
home of the missionary of the conven-tion,
where she had held holiness meet-ings
for six years.
The following week the Lord sent Iltta-
It. J. Smith, an elder in the chum& of
God, to our aid. Darlington had been
on his mind for two years, but he had
meetings for
hneoltdb cnofetomor aerlytila
l grid
talked to us privately, " expounding 0
us the way of God more perfectly;" bat
we were not in a, condition to accept his
teaching, but agreed to attend the
assembly- meeting at Columbia, Ma&
21- 31, where the Lord enabled us to see
the church of God as never before, awl
Brother Coleman and I were both bap-tized
before leaving. I at once withdrew
from the Convocation and the Chris*
Alliance. I praise God for deli
me from the snare of the evil on,
was honest while working with their
believe there are lunar others as ho
as 1 was. 1 trust the Lord will .,: o
their eyes as he has mine. I can gtle
holiness ornnizations, outside air'
church which was founded by
and his apostles, to be the devil's 0
terfeit, and in opposition to the
of Jesus: " That they all may be
Divine Healing.
Relieved of Palpitation.

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VOLUME XXI. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901. NUMBER ' 18
Work For Jesus.
BY Airs. 2. w. Laing.
Our present life is fleeting fast,
So haste the work for Jesus,
Let his commands be all our theme,
That we may be true to Jesus;
Tremendous is the work to do,
The harvest's great, but laborers few.
In strength let us unite and work
To tell the gospel story
Of Jesus' great, redeeming love,
That all may reign in glory;
Trust in his might whate'er befall,
And he will more than conquer alL
Use our best talents for the Lord,
Search but the weak and weary,
Have courage for this noble work,
Though oft the way be dreary;
Betimes it may be hard and steep,
But Jesus trod in paths as deep.
Press onward, faithful Christian friends,
For time is quickly flying,
Entrapped in ruin and dark despair,
All round dear souls are dying;
Go plead with them to look and live,
And Christ will them salvation give.
Though strangers here and sundered far,
We're one at heart to Jesus;
While he permits we'll work to lead
More precious souls to Jesus;
Then when our work of life'is past,
We'll join with his redeemed'at last,
The New Testament Church.
BY ALVIN J. ELLISON.
ARTICLE VI.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
P- T- frus is another term often used to
signify the New Testament church.
In the prophecy of Daniel we read:
I And in the days of these kings shall the
God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed; . .. and it
shall stand forever."— Dan. 2: 44. This
text clearly shows the kingdom here
spoken of to be identical with the . New
Testament church which Jesus said " the
gates of hell shall not prevail against"
( Matt. 16: 18); for it says the kingdom
shall never be destroyed. To more
clearly prove this fact we will notice the
first clause of the text: " And in the
days of these kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom." The kings
( kingdoms) here referred to are, four
earthly kingdoms which succeeded each
other as follows: 1st, the Babylonian;
2d, the Medo- Persian; 3d, the Grecian;
and 4th, the Roman Empire. It was
during the reign of this lash- named king-dom
that Jesus Christ was born into this
world, built his church, and began to
preach, saying, " Repent: for the king-dom
of heaven is at hand."— Matt. 4: 17.
Therefore we can see the kingdom of
God as mentioned in Dan. 2: 44 is
identical with this church which was set
up by God in the beginning of the gospel
era through his Son Jesus Christ. As
we have shown the church to be a spirit-ual
institution, we will proceed to show
this signification to be the same. This
tact is beautifully set forth in Paul's
letter to the Romans: " For the king-dom
of God is not meat and drink [ i. e.,
earthly, temporal]; but righteousness,
and peace, and joy in the Holy ( Most."
14: 17. By this text we clearly
see that the kingdom of God is not a
literal kingdom as poor, deluded, Mil-lennial
teachers would have it ( see book
entitled " The Kingdom of God"), but
it is a spiritual kingdom consisting of
" righteousness, peace, and joy in the
Holy Ghost." Praise the Lord!
INDUCTION INTO THE KINGDOM.
When Jesus was instructing Moo-demos,
he said unto bim, " Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again be can not see the kingdom
of God. . . . Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he can not enter
into the kingdom of God. Marvel not
that I say unto thee, Ye must be born
again. "— Jno. 3: 3- 7. Jesus gives us to
understand that spiritual birth is the
only manner of entrance into the king-dom
of God. Only those who are born
of the Spirit can abide in the kingdom
of God; for Paul says in speaking to the
Corinthians: " Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the king-dom
of God?" " Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las-civiousness,
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God."-- Gal. 5: 19- 21.
John tells us that " whosoever is born of
God cloth not commit sin."— 1 Jno.
3: 9. This is sufficient proof that all who
commit sin are outside the kingdom of
God.
GOVERNOR OF THE KINGDOM.'
" For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called ' W' onderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace."— Isa. 9: 6.
" Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall con-ceive,
and shall bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel." These are
clear prophecies of Christ's first advent
into the world; but that no doubt be
left in the minds of our readers we will
refer you to their fulfillment in Matt.
1: 18- 23. Be, being the sole governor
of the kingdom, will continue his reign
unto " the end, .. • when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have put
down all rule and all authority and
power."— i. Cor. 15: 24. " Then shall
the Son also himself be subject unto him
that put all things under him, that God
may be all in all."— Ver. 28. We are
glad we can say with the poet:
1Tis a kingdom of peace; it is reigning within,
It ; hall ever increase in my soul;
We pbssess_ it right here when he saves from all sin,
And ' twill last while the ages shall roll."
Ministerial Authority.
GEO. L. COLE.
T HE teachings and works of Jesus
were sufficient evidence to all that
he was a. man vested with authority. It
was said that he taught them as " one
having authority." Once he was asked:
" Who gave thee this authority?" ; and
again, " By what authority doest thou
these things?"
The power and authority that Jesus
exercised in his ministry is - identically
the same which he freely imparts to his
ministers. In view of this I want to
say that if we as the ministers of Christ
let down on this point in a compromise
with the devil, failing to claim, possess,
or exercise the same, there will be a
weakness, timidity, and shallowness about
the entire ministry. I do not know of a
more vital point in the church of God.
A heart- failure here means heart- disease
throughout the whole body. It might
be easy to claim that the ministers as a
body are vested with this authority; but,
look here! if we are not individually
endued with power and authority we are
not collectively. Therefore the question
comes personally : " Do I receive, do I
possess, am I full of power by the Spirit
of the Lord? dare I claim it? can I
exercise it? or is there a doubt in my
soul as to whether this is my heritage?
or is the time past for ministers to have
this power? or is it yet in the future?"
The Lord bless our souls! it is high time
for the ministers to arouse and face these
things just as they are confronting us.
As almighty God continues to wage this
war against all compromise, preachers
will either measure to the New Testament
standard or quit the field. But who is
ready to say, Show me a Peter; show
me a Paul now- a- days, and I will be
ready to seek for this? " Faithless and
perverse generation" " Ye will not be-lieve
except ye see signs and wonders."
" When the Son of man cometh will he
find faith on the earth?" A man once
said: " I for one am willing to leave the
standard where God pat it, if it serves no
other purpose than to shame and condemn
me for my unbelief." ' We can do better
than this. Thank God! we can " all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per-fect
man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ."— Eph. 4: 13.
In the first commission Jesus gave his
ministers " power against unclean spirits,
to cast them out, and to heal all manner
of sickness, and all manner of disease."
— Matt. 1u: 1. How did he do this?
Answer— By speaking the words, " I give
you" etc., jest like he spoke to the
seventy. " Behold, I give unto you
power to tread on serpents, and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy."
— Luke 10: 19. They received it by be-lieving.
Believing is the Bible condition
for receiving. " Believe ye receive, and
ye shall have." " As thou hast believed,
be it done unto thee." Jesus spoke,
they believed-, hence the testimony of
Jesus: " Freely ye have received, freely
give."— Matt. 10: 8.
GENERAL COMMISSION.
This commission contains just as much
power and authority for God's ministers
now as in apostolic days, and if we be-lieve
like they did we will be vested with
its authority as they were. The apostles
once failed in casting out a devil during
their first commission, and they did not
understand why. But Jesus said: " Be-cause
of your unbelief." Like cause will
produce like effect. If we have unbelief
we will fail too. Just before Jesus gave
his general commission he came and spake
unto them ( his apostles), saying: " All
power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth." This word power is from the
Greek word efrousia— authority. lin-mediately
following is the commission:
" Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
. . teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you." It
is the " all authority" that enjoins the
commission which, when fully believed,
will vest the believing minister with all
authority essential to teaching all nations
all things whatsoever Jesus commanded,
by word and deed, which will make be-lievers.
See Bora. 15: 18. Dare a New
Testament minister claim to preach and
teach the whole gospel— all things what-soever
Jesus commanded? He dare not
claim this unless he is a New Testament
minister. My soul is indignant against
this flimsy, timid, doubting, Babylon idea
of a preacher that does not know but what
many errors, mistakes, false teachings,
false doctrines, and misinterpretations of
texts, etc., etc. may be in his teachings,
and must hold himself in readiness to
change any part of his teaching, to re-ceive
new light; thus subjecting himself
to an endless remodelling of interpreta-tions
of texts. This is shoddy— shoddy
in the extreme. I have seen some of
these vacillating preachers. They re-minded
me of " children, tossed to and
fro . . . with every wind of doctrine, by
the slight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive."
But they cover up their vacillation with
the plea that they are humble enough to
change their beliefs, teacnings, interpreta-tions
of texts, etc. It is not humility.
I protest against such abominable cover-ing
up. True humility will believe God's
word which, by the power of his Spirit,
will make us to know the truth and
assure our hearts that we are of the truth
as revealed by the Holy Ghost. It also
will enable us with authority to preach it
as truth and abide in the teaching of
God's anointing which abideth in us,
even " as the same anointing teacheth
you of all things, and is truth, and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye
shall abide in him."- 1 Jno. 2: 27.
The Lord God is tired of this intellect-ual
guesswork palmed off onGod's church
as Holy Ghost unfolding, and the church
also is getting tired of such things. In-stead
of clamoring for diversity of
opinions based on the existing stock of
diversity, we would better call for the
fire of Elijah's God and have a bonfire
of the pile of counter teachings already
pushed on us. Lack of spirituality is the
cause of these clashy teachings and multi-farious
interpretations of texts. I do not
want to see any greater evidence of a
lack of spirituality in the ministry than
to see clash after clash in their teachings.
We may call ministerial meetings at every
general assembly and camp- meeting; and
conference after conference to harmonize
our teachings, but this will never weed
out these clashy teachings while there
are so many hotbeds all alive with young
plants and " settings of strange lips" —
ambitious, carnal preachers running after
worldly wisdom, trying to push out new
ideas; dealing in criticism, technicalities
and definitions of terms, " which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying;"
striving " about words to no profit, but
to the subverting of the hearers."
Spirituality in the ministry will uproot
the cause, and uniformity of teaching will
be the result The teachings of Paul in
his later years throw no fog or mist over
the earliest of his epistolary writings.
The B. oly Spirit as a teacher, guide,
Who Is Happy.
BY 3. 11ARRIN“ ToN.
The Promises of God to His
People.
Names of and Promises to God's
Church in Prophecy.
BY EMIL KREUTZ.
interpreter, and revelator can be depended
upon. He will not teach you one way
and me another; help you preach one
gospel and me another; interpret scrip-ture
to you after this manner and to me
after that, and so on. Nor will he un-fold
texts to me now and help me preach
them and in six months or a year corn-
: ptetely alter the whole thing, putting a
lleW light on scripture which destroys
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
shout, 0- Israel; be glad and rejoice
with all the heart, 0 daughter of Jerusa-lem."-
Zeph. 3: 14. " And I will bring
Israel L
the body ot Christ, the church'
again [ from the apostasy] to his habits-,
tion, and he shall feed. on Carmel and... e
Basham, and his soul shall be satisfied
upon mount Ephraim and Gilead."-- Jer.
50: 19.
The Lord's sister, spouse, love, dove,
undefiled, etc. : " Thou hest ravished m -
heart, my sister, my spouse."- S. of Se
4: 9. " Thou art all fair, my love;-
there is no spot in thee."- Ver. 7. " A
garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse;
a spring shut up, a fountain sealed."-
- Ver. 12. " My dove, my undefiled is but
one."-- S. of Sol. 6: 9.
The Lord is there: " And the name
of the city from that day shall be, The
Lord is there."- Ezek. 48: 35.
BY EMMA. CA STEEL.
and demolishes his former teachings.
Brethren, this kind of work grievously
casts a reflection upon the Holy Spirit.
I must affirm that men who are void ot
carnal ambitions and are filled with the
Holy Spirit- men whose faith embraces
the authority and power willed to the
New Testament ministry- will not be
guilty of these vacillations which cast re-flections
upon the Holy. Spirit and his
sacred ministry, and bring contusion
among the children of God. My soul has
' been grieved many times to hear preach-ers
make such light and slighty
remarks about their former teachings
which they once put out as the Spirit's
unfolding. It looks like ridicule on the
innocent children of God who accepted
their former teaching for truth. God
wants us to be serious about this matter.
It is no small thing to speak to men in
God's stead. If we have assumed to
speak as the oracle of . God but discover
we were mistaken, having spoken a vision
of our own head, and that it is the Holy
Spirit now speaking through us, we will
be ashamed of our errors and mistakes-it
will so grieve us in our hearts that we
will not speak of them in a jesting way.
I well remember the conduct of those
who rejected the cleansing in sanctifica-tion,
and what lightness was used when
reference was made to former teaching,
interpretations of texts, etc.; also a
spirit of elation over their new doctrine,
new light, etc. But such is not the
product of the holy Spirit. I would not
utterly ignore a man as void of the Holy
Spirit if once in a great while his in-tellectuality
grapples with some plausibil-ity
which appears to be the Spirit's un-folding,
and he afterwards finds his
mistake. But such humiliations will not
be common among the spiritual who
through faith depend wholly upon the
Holy Spirit for teaching and guidance.
If * e fix up a wide gage to slip in a little
erroneous and clashy teaching, the devil
will ship the whole cargo of babylon
teaching up to Zion, and give the church
of. God an endless job of sorting out old,
rotten dogmas, traditions and perverse
twistings, etc. I for one dumped all
those overboard when I came out of
babylon. Dear brethren in the ministry,
let us know the truth and speak it with
authority.
I WILLgive a few of the many pre-cious
promises that God's people are
blessed with. Truly God's children have
much to praise him for.
" The eyes of . the Lord are upon the
righteous, and his` ears are open unto
their cry. "- Ps. 31: 15. " the righteous
cry, and the Lord heareth, and deliver-
' eth them out ot all their troubles."- Ver.
17. " Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lord delivereth him_
out of them all."- Ver. 19. " Behold,
the eye of the Lord is upon them that
- fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy; to deliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive in famine." - Ps.
33: 18, 19. " The Lord knoweth the days
of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be forever." - Ps. 37: 18. " The
righteous shall inherit the land, and
dwell therein forever."- Ver. 29. " For
the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh
not his saints; they are preserved for-
Ver7. 7-- Ver. 28. The steps of a good
, are ordered by the Lord: and he de-hteth
in his way."- Ver. 23, " The
meek shall inherit the earth; and shall
delight themselves in. the abundance of
peace."--- Ver, 11.
" There is therefore now no condemna-tion
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit."-- Rom. 8: 1. " For ye are
dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God. When. Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory."- Col. 3: 3, 4.
" Blessed are the pure in heart: for they
shalt see God."- Matt. 5: 4. " For both
he that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brethren."
- Heb. 2: 11. " Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life,
which the Lord bath promised to them
that love him."- Jas. 1: 12. " The
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, they shall be for-given
him. "- Jas. 5: 15. " lY hosoever
shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him, and he in God."
- 1 Jno. 4: 15. " Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on. me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father. And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glori
fied in the Son, If ye shall ask anything
in my name, I will do it. "- Jno. 14: 12-
14. " He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
me: and he that loveth me shall be loved
of my Father, and I will love him, and
will manifest myself to him."- Ver. 21.
" It ye abide in me, and my words abide
in. you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you. "- Jno. 15: 7.
" And in that day ye shall ask me
nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give it you."- Jno.
16: 23. " In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. And it I go and pre-pare
a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where
I am, there ye may be also."- Jno. 14:
2,3. " For so an entrance shall be minis-tered
unto you abundantly into the ever-lasting
kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ."- 2 Pet. 1: 11.
" For this God is our God forever and
ever: he will be our guide even unto
death."- Ps. 48: 14. " For as the
heaven is high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that fear him."
- Ps. 103: 11. " For he satisfieth the
longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul
with goodness."- Ps. 107: 9. " Mark
the perfect man, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man is peace."- Ps.
37: 37. " Blessed is that man that maketh
the Lord his trust, and respecteth not
the proud, nor such as turn aside to
lies. "- Ps. 40: 1. " The Lord will pre-serve
him, and keep him alive; and he
shall be blessed upon the earth."- Ps.
41: 2. " Blessed are they that keep his
testimonies, and that seek him with
the whole heart."- Ps. 119: 2. " A
little that a righteous man bath is better
than the riches of many wicked."- Ps.
37: 16. " Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom, and the man that getteth under-standing."-
Prow. 3: 13.
► • 4
With What Measure.
" With what measure ye mete. It shall be
measured to you again" Matt r2.
" As ye shall give unto other,
Ye shall sure receive again,
Kindness, if ye render kindness,
Sorrow, if ye shall give pain
For an eye which never slumbers
Marks each deed however small,
Yea, the loving Heavenly Father
Heeds the tiny sparrow's fall.
E'en a cup of water given
In his name, he noteth down,
And the gift shall be rembered
When thy life work he shall crown.
Life is all made up of moments,
The great world of atoms small;
May the tender love of Jesus
Fill, control, and govern, all. Sel
not of the world. e en tem be gar
rounded by sin and yet be kept by tl
power of God. In a world that is filled,
with dissatisfaction you ( flan satisfle
in Jesus. Why are so many unhapp.
Because they have trusted in some
other than the true G,, 1 for ha,' pine
but alas! they fount' it not. What did
they find:: - unhappiness, discontentmen
and no peace or joy ( except it he rumen
tar- y). Brit in the Lord we find pe
joy, happiness, contentment, and 00
fort that will last while " storms and
lows may roll." Ile who goes to
world to obtain happiness must acknow
edge that he seeks, but the farther le
goes in sin the more dissatisfied he i
He plunges in deeper and deeper,
finds no happiness in the ways of sin. If''
he ever finds true happiness he will con-fess:
" Happy is that people whose God.:‘,
is the Lord." Remember, what God has
said is true, and he can not lie. Theree,
fore if you find happiness in a Christian
life it will be because you have madie::=.
God your Lord and are not trying tClt3'
serve two masters. We can have a proei.
fession of salvation and sanctification
yet be unhappy. Why? Because
have not made God our Lord; our rain
l c= upo n the world, or mone y, etc.,
e hive not an eye single to the glory ls
house of Joseph . a. flame. "- Obadiah of God Christ meant just what he said: t
17: 18. '* W hosoever he be that forsaketh not all,
The house of Joseph: " And I will he an not be my disciple." Belovedi
saints, let us examine ourselves and
if we have forsaken all. There is
such thing as a half- hearted Christian
we are on one side or the other. W her
are you?
Are you happy? If not, you are livietC
beneath your privilege. Thousands
this cold world are ready to say there
no joy or happiness in this life.
reason is they have not found the Lo
One of the greatest blessings in
world is ha ppiness- contentment. 1
for all who forsake sin and seek an in
est in the blood of Christ. Some peo
think happiness consists of shout'
noise, etc. Noise is not true happin
True happiness means to be settled, sa
fied and content, knowing we are
God's order and standing on his ' WO
One might take a big shout at neee,
strengthen the house of Judah, and I
will save the house of Joseph, and I will
bring them again to place them; for
have mercy upon them: and they shall
be as ' though I had not cast them off:
for I am the Lord their God, and will
hear them."- Zech. 10: 6.
The tabernacle of David: " in that day
will I raise up the tabernacle of David
that is fallen, and close up the breaches
thereof; and i will raise up his ruins,
and 1 will build it as in the days of
old."- Amos 9: 11.
Tower of the flock: " And thou, 0
tower of the flock, the stronghold of
the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it
come, even the first dominion; the
kingdom shall come to the daughtertof
Jerusalem."- Micah 4: 8.
Israel : " Sing, 0 daughter of Zion;
eeHAPPY is that people • whose
God is the Lord." - l's. 144: 15.
Thank God tor the privilege of being:,::
one of the people of God! We understand
by the text under consideration that we
are happy on condition- namely, by
making our God the Lord. ' W
taught in God's word that lords and
are many, but that there k only one
true Clod, or Lord, and that he is a
j
ealous God and deeires you and I
worship him alone. This one Cik. d is
God of tile Bible, and he k able to rnake,
us happy in this present world. Soma
people believe there is no real joy in tin*
world, but suelt is not the ease. Every
child of God has joy and is happy in thie
present world- though in the world,
` 6 A ND thou shalt be called by a new
1. name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name."- Isa. 62: 2.
New Jerusalem: " Him that over-cometh
will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of my
God, which is New Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from my'
God: and I will write upon him my new
name."- Rev. 3: 12.
Zion: " For the Lord shall comfort
Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness
like Eden, and her desert like the garden
of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be
found therein, thanksgiving and the
voice of melody."- Isa. 61: 3. " Awake,
awake; put on thy strength, 0 Zion;
put on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusa-lem,
the holy city: for henceforth there
shall no more come into thee the uncir-cumcised
and the unclean."- Isa. 52: 1.
The city of the Lord; the Zion of the
Holy One of Israel: " The sons also of
them that afflicted thee shall come bend-ing
unto thee; and all they that despised
thee shall bow themselves down at the
soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee,
The city of the Lord, The Zion of the
Holy One of Israel."- Isa. 60: 11.
The priests of the Lord; Ministers of
our God: " But ye shall be named the
Priests of the Lord: men shall call you
the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory
shall ye boast yourselves. For your
shame ye. shall have double; and for con-fusion
they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in. their land they shall possess
the double: everlasting joy shall be unto
them."- Isa. 61: 6, 7. " And they shall
call them, The holy people, The re-deemed
of the Lord: and thou shalt be'
called, Sought out, A city not forsaken."
- ha. 62: 12. " No weapon that is
formed against thee shall prosper: and
every tongue that shall rise against thee
en judgment thou shalt condemn."-
Isa. 54: 17.
A city of truth; The holy mountain:
" Thus saith the Lord; I am returned
unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called
a city of truth; and the mountain of the
Lord of hosts, the holy mountain."-
Zech. 8: 3.
Habitation of justice; The mountain
of holiness: " Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; As yet ` they
shall use this speech in the land of Judah
and in the cities thereof, when I shall
bring again their captivity; the Lord
bless thee, 0 habitation of justice, and
mountain of holiness." - Jer. 31: 23.
The house of Jacob: " But upon mount
Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall
be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall
possess their possessions. And the
house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the
and lose all the joy before leaving the
place of worship. True joy is what we
possess all the time. We may have
greater joy at times; yet if God is our
Lord we have a real settled experience.
Trials may come, but we can rejoice in
our God.
Remember, dear ones, there are no
things of a worldly nature which will
enable us to rejoice and be happy in our
God. They wily not make us happy.
" Happy is that people whose God is the
Lord."
calamity;, I will mock when your fear
cometh; when your fear cometh as
desolation, and your destruction cometh
as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you."- Pron. 1:
23- 27.
Judgment is coming and the wicked
shall be turned into hell with all nations
that forget God. Then, sinner, wilt
thou not prepare to meet thy God?
Judgment is Coming.
BY J. E. FOREST.
J UDGMENT is coming and all will be
there. " It is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment."
- Bob. 9: 97. My dear reader, will you
give me your attention for a few
moments? Your life is short here, but
you are hastening to another life which
will have no end. " Because man goeth
to his long home."- Ecel. 12: 5. Sin-ner,
will you cease your wild career and
" prepare to meet thy God"? God will-eth
the death of no man ( Ezek. 18: 32),
" for the wages of sin is death."- Rom.
6: 23. This death here mentioned
means eternal destruction- separation
from God and all that is lovely, and
everlasting punishment in a lake of fire.
" But the tearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the second
death."- Rev. 21: 8.
Yea, judgment is coming, and it will
be a day of trouble. Think of all nations
gathering together to be judged. All
will be there; not a single person that
has ever lived will be missing at that
day. " And at that day shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which stand-eth
for the children of thy people: and
there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation even
to that smile time: . . . And many of
them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting con-tempt."-
Dan. 12: 1, 2. Reader, would
you miss being among those who shall
be troubled in that day? If you would,
prepare to meet thy God. There have
been many days of great trouble to the
people because of their wickedness.
There is Sodom and Gomorrah and the
cities round about which were totally
destroyed by God raining fire and brim-stone
upon them. Surely that was a
day of trouble. All people ( with the
exception of Noah and his family) were
once destroyed by water, God sending
the flood and causing them to perish.
This was a day of trouble; but Daniel
says " there shall be a day of trouble
such as never was since there has been
a nation." Think of a time when men
shall be saying to the mountains: " Fall
on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth upon the throne." Think of
a time when " men shall seek death, and
shall not find it; and shall desire to die,
and death shall flee from them." Sin-ner,
are you running from death? Think
of toiling through this life in sin and at
the final judgment reaping your wages
in an eternal hell where there will be
" weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth." " So shall it be at the end of
the world: the angels shall come fonth,
and sever the wicked from among the
just, and shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be wailing and gnash-ing
of teeth."- Matt. 13: 19, 50. " Turn
you at my reproof ( saith the Lord): be-hold,
I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called, and ye refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no
man regarded; but ye have set at
nought all my counsel, and would none
of my reproof: I also will laugh at your
UNITY.
BY 0. 0. DODGE.
« BED OLD, how good and how pleas-
." ant it is for brethren to dwell to-gether
in unity!"- Ps. 133: 1. Dwelling
together is not necessarily unity. In-dividuals
may dwell together in discord,
but this is by no means pleasant. The
pleasantness, peace, and inexpressible joy
of the association of individuals is not
merely the fact that they are together,
but they exist because there is unity be-tween
them. " That their hearts might
be comforted, being knit together in
love."- Col. 2: 2. The salvation of
Jesus Christ is like a knitting- machine
- it knits together the hearts of all those
who receive it. " By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another."- Jno. 13: 35.
Unity exists in the heart. Where there
is inward unity there will be outward
unity- with the exception of cases where
individuals have been blinded and held
apart by man- made rules and regulations.
But when the glorious gospel of unity is
heralded forth they Will be only too
glad, as it were, to discard anything that
would hinder the perfecting of this unity
both inwardly and outwardly. Union
is not always unity. We hear the
multiplicity of creeds and schisms on
every hand saying, " Union, union" but
very few, if any, are crying " Unity."
Union will never bring unity. Union will
result from unity. You : can in. almost
any locality point out individuals belong-ing
to some denomination ( which is sup-posed
to hold God's people together)
who will rub shoulders without speaking
or looking at each other. That could
hardly be called the shadow of unity, let
alone the substance. How blessed to
dwell together in unity, not discord!
What is the basis of unity? " For ye
are all one in Christ Jesus."- Gal. 3: 28.
We conclude from this scripture that if
there is no unity between individuals it is
because of one or both being outside: of
Christ. If modern preachers endeavored
to get the people into Christ instead of
into their sect, we would have unity.
Yes, but, says one, " we must have some-thing
to hold us together." I answer,
If two men have the love of God in their
hearts surely this ought to be sufficient
to hold them together. The fact is, the
very thing which you join; supposing it
to be able to hold God's people together,
holds them apart. " Woe be unto the
pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep
of my pasture! saith the Lord."- Jer.
23: 1. More than this, these modern hire-ling
priests and diviners for money ( Tvlic.
3: 11) will open the door of their church
(?) and take in moral sinners- yea, even
those who make no profession- and bind
them, as it were, to God's dear children.
There is a division taught in God's
word; not a division between God's
saints, or children, but between God's
children and the children of the devil. 1
Jno. 3: 8- 10. " Between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not
3: 18; Eph. 5: 11. This not only
applies to the world, but it reaches light
into the so- called churches and separates
the precious from the vile. God's word
emphatically says: " Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers."- 1
Cor. 6: 14. This. does not refer to the
marriage state exclusively, as some sup-pose,
as in verse 17 it says: " Wherefore
come out from among them and be ye
separate." This refers to anything
that would yoke saints and sinners to-gether,
such as secret societies, orders,
sects, etc. " Babylon the great is fallen,
is . . . And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people."- Rev. 18: 1- 4. You may
think that Babylon means the world, but
God has no people in the world. Jno.
17: 14- 16. It simply has reference to the
confusion of doctrines, rules, regulations,
ideas, opinions, and commandments of
sectarianism.
it may be argued that the religious
world is one in purpose, in heart and in
work, etc. But this does not compre-hend
the oneness that our Lord desires,
a, nd which is taught in his word.
" Neither pray I for these [ apostles]
alone, but for them also which shall be-lieve
on me through their word; that
they all may be one, as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me."- Jno.
17: 20, 21. Here we can see that God
wants a visible unity- one that the world
can see- not a so- called union, but a real
unity of heart brought about by getting
into Christ, or, in other words, being
born again and then following the Script-ures
to the understanding the Holy
Spirit gives. When we forsake all man-made
laws of sectism and abide only in
Christ and his truth, then, and only
then, can we realize that we are in fel-lowship
with every child of God in every
locality, and are not separated from
them by impassable and impenetrable
walls of dogmas and opinions.
As ministers of God we have no allow-ance,
much less a command, in all the
word of God to institute many folds and
put some of God's children in one and
some in another. " Other folds" " differ-ent
bodies" and " sister churches" were
unknown until heralded forth by the
many woe- pronounced ( Jer. 23: 1) pulpits
and presses of Christendom. " And
there shall be one fold and one shep-herd"
says Christ. Jno. 10: 16. " One
body • in Christ."- Rom. 12: 5. Many
bodies but only one in CILr i'sen On the
other hand, as children of the Most nigh
it is our duty to put forth every effort to
preserve and teach unity among our-selves.
" Endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace."-
Eph. 4: 3. " Be of one mind, live in
peace; and the God of love and peace
shall be with you."-. 9 Cor. 13: 11. " I
beseech Enodius, and beseech Syntyche,
that they be of the same mind in the
Lord."- Phil. 4: 2. " Fulfill ye my joy,
that ye be likerninded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind."
- Phil. 2: 2. But how shall we go about
this? The verse following this last one
will explain: " Let nothing be done
through strife or vainglory; but in low-liness
of mind let each esteem other better
than themselves.''- Ver. 3. Trivial
matters and tifferences will develop into
serious divisions if indulged in. " The
beginning of strife is as when one letteth
out water: therefore leave off conten-tion,
before it be meddled with. "- Pron.
17: 14. The blessedness, happiness, joy,
and pleasantness of the people of God
depend upon this one thing. We may
sit together in heavenly places in Christ,
in factz we can have a little heaven to go
to heaven in if we possess in our souls
this precious experience of oneness in
Christ.
" Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian lovq
The fellowship of kindred mink
Is like to that above."
and then gone back into sin, their past
righteousness will not save them. They
may keep up a form of worship, but the
Lord says: " Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet, and show
my people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek
me daily, and delight to know my ways,
as a nation that did righteousness, and
forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and
thou seest not? wherefore have we
afflicted our soul, and thou takest no
knowledge?"- 2- Isa. 58: 3. " In the day
thou seekesi me with thy whole heart, I
will be found of thee."
How many once happy children of God
are now suffering leanness in their souls,
who might be fat and flourishing if obedi-ence
were written in their hearts by the
finger of love! If they, like the fisher-men,
would obey the commands of the
Lord they aoubtless would bring a bless-ing
down that they would not be able to
contain. " If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all
men liberally, and upbraideth not."
" And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in
his sight." The Lord will hear thee in
the day of trouble. Bat a stiff- necked
and rebellious people he will not hear.
Be wise unto salvation. " How shall we
escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"
An Admonition.
BY WM. H. JACKSON.
W ULF. we look out upon this dark
world of sin and see such a few
people being led to the light, we feel
like admonishing the dear brethren to a
closer walk with God. Jesus said: " Ye
are the light of the world" " let your
light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven."- Matt. 5:
16. We feel there is a great need of ad-vancement
on this line. We fully believe
if this text were strictly observed that
many precious souls would be led to the
light that could never be reached by
preaching from the pulpit. There are
many professed followers of God who do
not realize there is anything they can do
toward awakening the slumbering world
to flee from the wrath to come; but, dear
ones, this is a mistake. If you can not
preach or sing like some, you can let
your light shine.
Some may not fully understand how
they are to let their light shine; surely
they do not if we judge from the Iife
they live. I have seen professed saints
( even preachers) whose lives and con-versation
were so far from a Bible line
that it drove ; inners from the truth in-stead
of drawing them nearer. What
we are to closely and carefully consider
is that we are to live such lives here as
to draw lost souls to Christ. This is to
be done by them seeing our good works
- not only at church and before the
stronger brethren, but at all times, and
in all places and in all things. We are
to act so wisely, and have such a chaste
conversation, and bear all things so
patiently, that they can not help seeing
we have the Lord with us. Then we
can treat them kindly and talk to
them about Jesus, and what we say will
- be heeded.
Dear readers, read carefully and
prayerfully the word of God and see
what a strict life is demanded of us. 1f
you are then unwilling to measure up to
it in every respect, get out of the way of
sinners. But it you are willing to eat
the whole book you will be bountifully
blessed, your friends and neighbors and
sinners will be blessed, and God honored.
" Therefore, beloved brethren, be ye
steadfast, immovable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as
ye know your labor is not in vain in the
Lord."
God Heareth the Obedient.
BY JENNIE SMITH.
4 EHOLD, the Lord's hand is not
Le' shortened, that it can not save;
neither is his ear heavy, that it can not
hear: , but your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he
will not hear."- Isa. 69: 1, 2. The Lord
will not hear a stiff- necked and rebellious
people. He says that obedience is better
than sacrifice. Having once been righteous
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than. their first bondage. Read Matt.
12: 2245.
The " sin unto death" is, of course, the
unpardonable sin, which is the blasphemy
of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 12: 31, 32.
" Unto death" in 1 Jno. 5: 16 meansunto
eternal and everlasting death, a condi-tion
which can not be changed. Every
sin brings immediate spiritual death,
else in what sense could " life" be given
afterwards ( read the verse carefully)?
But the " unto death" sin is the one fer
which no life may be given, and the
apostle does not say prayer should be
offered for it. A. L. B.
will probably be our permanent hose
We are comfortable, living in oir 0-
hired house, and are ready, by the g
of God, for every good word and work'
far as is within oar possible sea*
Wishing all the abounding riches of his
grace, I ana, as ever, your brother in
the faith. J. W. Byers.
Lodi, Cal., April 23.
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Christ is the hope of Israel.
Loyalty to God is to obey his word.
Let down the bars and the sheep will
go astray.
Compromise with the devil and you
will soon find yourself on the enemy's
territory.
It you desire blessings from the Lord
you must believe his word, obey it, and
walk uprightly before him at all times.
Peter fell from grace when he refused
- to acknowledge Christ as his master,
and had to repent before he was again
restored.
Abraham was enabled to rejoice on
account of the fulfillment of the promise
because he staggered not at the promises
of the Lord.
COME TO CAMP- MEETING.
precedes the verse as well as what follows
it, we are led to the conclusion that the
sentence " covet earnestly the best gifts"
in its imperative form, is not correct.
Rather the contrary is meant. It seems
that in this chapter the apostle labored to
show the equality of the various offices
and gifts; that one was not to be thought
less of than another; that all were given
by the same Spirit and were equally of
the body. " lf the foot shall say, Be-cause
I am not the hand, I am not of the
body ; is it therefore not of the body?"
" God hath tempered the body together,
having given more abundant honor to
that part which lacked; that there should
be no schism in the body" etc. Now
at the close of the chapter why should
he tell them to " covet" the best gifts? In
the 14th chapter he tells them to " desire
spiritual gifts" but he does not say
I ' best gifts." Did he recognize best gifts?
It is probable that he did not, and that
therefore the Syriac rendering is correct,
or at least in harmony with the context.
" It you are emulous of the superior gifts
[ if you are rivals for what you call the
best gifts], on the other hand, I show to
you a better way."
The condemnation of such emulation
as seeking the best gifts is here not very
strong; but it— if they are thus emulous,
he shows to them something better—
something better than being emulous.
What is that " better way"? The 13th
chapter gives it. Here he shows that
even if they had the " best" gifts, where
love ( charity) is- lacking, they would be
as sounding brass, or tinkling cymbals.
Then how could there be any consistent
meaning in " covet earnestly the best
gifts"? Are we to select such gift or
gifts we deem the best and then covet
them until we get them, regardless of our
natural adaptation? Does not God
recognize these in bestowing spiritual
gifts upon us? Again, if we are to covet
the best gifts we must slight those that
appear not so good, and the body would
be abnormal. This would be contrary
to the apostle's teaching.
What does Jesus mean in Luke 11: 24-
26? Explain also 1 Jno. 5: 16— the sin
unto death. L. T., East Liverpool, 0.
We will give Matthew's quotation:
" When the unclean spirit is gone out of
a man, he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest, and finding none. Then
he saith, I will return into my house
from whence I came out: and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept, and gar-nished.
Then goeth he, and taketb with
himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is
worse than the first. Even so shall it be
also unto this wicked generation."—
Matt. 12: 43- 45.
The unclean spirit when cast oat of a
man finds no rest. It is as a desert,
where there is no water or place of habita-tion.
Therefore, he seeks a return to his
former abode. When he comes he finds
it empty• destitute of any good or any-thing
signifying its occupance by the
Lord. In other words, the house ( man)
is neutral, having refused Christ, though
not having specially invited Satan. But
a condition of neutrality can not- be
maintained. The tree and fruit must
either be good or corrupt. " He that is
not with me is against me" etc. So
the devil finds the house " swept and
garnished"— a suitable, inviting condi-tion
for his abode. So be taketh with
him seven other spirits and they dwell
there, and the last state is worse than
the first.
Christ meant this for the Jews, for he
says: " Even so shall it be also unto this
wicked generation." Christ's advent
broke the power of Eat= and gave to
the Jews at that time - special privileges,
greater than those which led the Nine-vites
to repentance, and yet Christ was re-jected,
and their hearts, were neutralized
( emptied), prepared for a condition of
subjection to Satan sevenfold greater
NOTICE.
To the Church of God in California:
Last fall I mentioned through the columns
of the Trumpet that the church here at
Lodi had arranged for the purchase of a
camp- ground, and that we had until Oct
1, 1901 to pay for it. Later it has been
thought advisable and practical to pay
for the ground this spring at our annual
camp- meeting which begins May 3 and
continues ten days.
At the meeting last fall there were a
number of saints who promised to pay
certain amounts by the time we were to
pay for the ground, and the sum of what
had been promised was equal to about
half the cost of the ground. I would say
to all such who have promised, that it it
is possible for you to do so, please bring
or send your amounts to this camp- meet-ing
this spring so that the purchase can
be made at this time. And to all who
have not yet taken a financial interest in
this beautiful grove for the work of our
God I would say that we need between
two and three hundred dollars more than
has been promised, and we ask every one
of the saints in California to do what
you- can in this respect, and do so at
once, so that this matter can be disposed
of before the close of the camp- meeting.
Let no . one hesitate to send or bring the
smallest offering.
W e also extend this privilege to all
the saints outside of California, as we
expect to make some improvements upon
the ground and fit it up for a permanent
camp- ground. It is not only an excellent
spot and central for the state camp-meetings,
but is a suitable place for a
house of worship when the local church
is ready to build. The ground will be
deeded to the Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co.,
to be held and controlled by the church
of God in California through properly
and legally appointed trustees, so that
no one need fear that it will ever fall
into the hands of any private individuals
and be used for any other purpose than
the glory of God.
1 would say to all the saints in general
who contemplate making a change of
location and climate that 1 know of no
better locality on the Pacific Coast for
the three leading industries of farming,
fruit- growing, and dairying, combined,
than this Lodi country. Land is reason-ably
cheap for California, it being no
higher than many places in Illinois,
Indiana, or Iowa, with equal market
advantages. W ater is excellent and
abundant as it comes from the perpetual
snows of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The climate is not equal to that of south-ern
California, but good, and in many
respects preferable to anything east of
the Rocky Mountains. With a few
thousand dollars and good managing
a pleasant home and comfortable living
can be secured. We are praying and
believing for a thorough work for ( Dcd
to be done throughout this country, and
that the holy remnant shall be gathered
out, so that this localit y may be a de-sirable
place for the saints and our chil-dreAni
Pray
All contributions
b fori o unss. f
or the camp- ground
should be sent by registered letter, P. 0.
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moved to this
tahM l s. P. Elam
or Express money order, or bank draft,
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family
nr od La. d ddhllarressee or
place which
A False Spirit Exposed.
By A. A. RINZI ♦ ,
QOM' reasons why 1 accepted the
" Anti- second- cleansing heresy : 1st
— They claimed The Gospel Trumpet
Pub. Co. was nothing but a money- mak.
ing scheme, and that the brethren at the
officrt were getting rich. They oho
claimed that the stockholders, or ' V'
- formation of the company, was sim
another way to get the saints' mo
They said that Bro. Tufts was oppose"
it' at Chicago. 2mt— That our former
teaching could not be correct, ae,
did not produce that perfect la
that was enjoyed by the pristine Ohris
tians. 3rd— That the power of
was not manifested in healing
sick and the salvation of souls, and tints
thing of so many fallings away into Bin
and coming to the altar again was
brought up to prove we were wrong in
doctrine. They claimed that we were
swindled out of our money by one of the
Worst sects on the earth, and were
by incorrect teaching. We must
to search for truth. Ilere the cony
tion changes. They said:
truth;" viz., that sin was not inn
— men were not corrupted
quence of Adam's sin ; hence, plink)
forgiveness, of sills was all that
needed, and when We received that
hearts were perfectly pure. They ale
said sanctification NVilS not a & alibis,
but a preparation for the work of Git
They said: " Just take your stand u
this truth, and you will see the a
oneness and unity; then the power
God will be manitest In healing the sirs
and multitudes will be saved as it
the morning light." After listening,
all this and hearin g them say so mint
about the Trumpet Office, and that it
was a one man institution, and that thi$
man was bigoted and puffed up etc.
— Finally, after hearing them say
this, I took my stand upon their
premises— sin is not inherited, and per-fect
purity is received in forgiveness of
sins. Then I began to look for that
unity which they said would exist, also
for the healing and salvation of the
multitudes. Brethren, I did wait for
almost one and one- half years, but to
my longing expectation no oneness Gann,
nor was the power of God manifested in
healing the sick or saving the multitudes.
But to the contrary, instead of onenesiit
was disagreement, division, contention,
and a loss of confidence; one teaching
that sin was not inherited and that We
were saved in the act of baptism, aid
that those who were not thus saved were
saved through ignorance, or as an excep-tion
to the rule. Another teaches dint
" sin is inherited and affects the whole
man" and that " salvation is sought by
prayer, repentance, and faith." YOU
can see from the foregoing satement that
there is no oneness in their teaching, and
as far as I know there is but one point
on which they can agree, and that is in
opposing the doctrine of entire cleansing
of the soul after regeneration. It is
` believe what you please, just so
are honest and do not believe in a Glen!'
ing subsequent to regeneration.' Tile
head man, who is animated by the de-ceptive
spirit, writes to a brother that
he " had not preached the doctrine 01
the second cleansing of the soul for 0
years." Brethren, this statement is net
true. I have been with the mall 11 earn
The outlook is for a most precious
meeting at Moundsville, June 1- 10.
Letters are being received from people in
many states who expect to be present.
Some are coming hundreds of miles for a
spiritual benefit, others for healing or
to help others. Come praying and de-termined
to get good and do good.
Camp- meeting is not the place for
croakers, fault- finders, teachers of heresy,
or evil doers of any kind except they
abandon all such doings and come for
the express purpose of obtaining salva-tion.
It is not the place to rake up an
old trouble and have half a dozen or more
ministers kept out of the regular service
to listen to a harangue on difficulties.
Let them all sit under the preaching of
the word sent forth by the power of the
B oly Ghost and the name of the Lord
will be mare glorified ` and the Spirit of
the Lord will search out the hidden
things of darkness. Let judgment go
forth unto victory by the word of God in.
all love and meekness. Those desiring
help from the Lord can find it by meet-ing
the conditions. Able ministers will
be present to instruct the people and
enable them to obtain the experience and
receive the help desired.
Moundsville is twelve miles south of
" Wheeling, ` on the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Ohio River railways. A street-car
line extends from Wheeling to
Moundsville.
' Please explain 1 Cor. 12: 31.
J. A. M., Morriston, Ark.
The passage reads: " But covet ear-nestly
the best gifts: and yet show I
unto you a more excellent way." We
will also give this passage according to
the Syriac Version: " And if ye are em-ulous
of the superior gifts, on the other
hand, 1 show to you a better way."
,, After considering the latter rendering in
connection with the line of thought that
estions Answered.
p - meetings, also in a discussion will°
he afiirmed that sanctification
instantaneous work, separate and
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from regeneration. In this discussion he
showed by the Scriptures that sin re-mained
after regeneration, and that
sanctification, which was a work sub-sequent
to regeneration, cleansed out the
remaining sin and left the heart entirely
pure. This was about five years ago,
and the camp- meetings were less than
four years ago. You may decide if he
stated the truth. The same man told
me four years ago that there was going
to be another reformation— beside the
present one— not outside this one, but
inside. You can see what was then in
his heart. Was he not contemplating in
his heart the steps he has since taken?
Re and others informed me at the " Mill
Qreek Chapel" that they were out of the
Whole thing ( meaning the whole refor-mation,
publishing work, etc.). Did he
not carry the same thought in his paper
last summer when he referred to those
brethren that had seen their condition
and confessed the same, letting the
brethren know where they stood? He
says ' he would not have cared for them
going back if they had a clean place to
go to!' This statement shows they had
been away, or they could not come back.
Rad they remained in the Spirit and the
great doctrines of the present reforma-tion—
the doctrines that God has owned
and blessed unto the upbuilding of this
present reformation, and in the salvation
of many precious souls? The answer is,
" No."
Some may ask why they had not re-mained
in the doctrines of this reforma-tion.
1st— They had followed doctrines
that were contrary to the word of God.
They had received another spirit which
called the spirit of this reformation the
spirit of bondage, or popery. And when
they became convicted they renounced
the false spirit with the false doctrine and
came to God for salvation. When the
above brethren were away from the
spirit of this reformation they stood with
the man who says: " This reformation is
of God, and he is in it." Is it not
strange, dear reader, that an intelligent
man would declare himself free from the
doctrines and spirit of a reformation and
also regret that others had gone back,
because it was unclean, and yet in the
[ ace of all this, say this reformation is
of God and he is in it? I can not under-stand
how any one can claim that they
are in a reformation when down in their
hearts they detest its spirit and doctrines.
Why is this claim made? Is it not done
to draw away disciples after them?
Dear saints, beware of this false spirit!
To- day 1 can praise God for deliverance
from that false spirit; yes, for salvation
in Jesus.
NOTE.— We wish to say to the glory
of God only that the statements in the
above article written by A. A. Kinzie
are correct. As far as he went he told
the truth. We trust the dear saints will
stand tree from that deception, and that
those who are ensnared may speedily see
their condition, renounce the thing, and
take their stand for the truth and unity
of God's people. J. M. Harrington.
News from the Field.
Creston, Wash., April 18.
If any of tie brethren desire to come
to eastern . Washington and locate on a
quite well improved fruit farm close to
where the saints hold their general
camp- meeting, please write for fall de-scription
of same, enclosing stamp for
reply. As God called me into tlae gospel
work several years ago, I find the farm
to be a great hindrance through calling
my attention so much from the Lord's
work. I must sell it. Do not ask to
rent.
Jas. B. Peterman, Colfax, Wash.
at two places with good interest. I in-tend
to go 35 miles north of here and
hold meetings a few days, then return
here to be at the assembly- meeting, after
which I expect to go home ( W ade, I. T.).
Those wanting meeting through May and
June can write me after the first of May
at Wade, Choctaw Nation.
Jas. D. Ferrill.
Camp, Ark.
Once more we write a few lines to let
the readers of the Lord's paper know
how the work is progressing in this part
of the country. We preach one Sunday
out of each month at Burk's Chapel, and
have been holding prayer- meetings at a
school- house. We have now secured a
house in Camp where we will have
preaching, prayer- meeting, and Sunday-school,
if the Lord leads. Any one
st might out for the Lord and feeling led
to come and preach will receive a hearty
welcome. Sister Staggs preaches for us
once a month. I think the outlook - for
the truth is very good in most parts of
this country. Please remember us in
your prayers. S. IL McElmurry.
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., April 18.
We are at present engaged in a meet-ing
at this place where we held a series
of meetings about two months ago.
Some few precious souls have gotten out
clear for God and want to be baptized,
which will be attended to before we
leave. We had a very successful meet-ing
at Graysville. God's little ones just
came leaping home to Zion. Seven were
baptized. Bro. N. S. Duncan and wife,
also wife and myself are working toward
the Moundsville C. M. Bro. Duncan
and wife are going by way of Winchester,
Ky., and wife and 1 by way of Bigstone
Gap and Bluefield, West Va. Those
desiring either of us to hold meetings on
our way, address us at the above places
at once, as the time will soon be here
for the camp- meeting. ' Pray for us.
W. A. Sutherland and N. S. Duncan.
Addy, Wash., April 18.
We are glad to report victory and joy
through the Holy Ghost. Since our last
report we have held meeting three weeks
at Waynesville, W ash. , where one family
made its escape from sect confusion and
is now enjoying freedom in mount Zion.
From there we came to this place. Twelve
souls sought freedom. God now has a
little church here of twenty dear saints.
Some are enjoying the second cleansing.
' We are praying God to strengthen the
saints here and increase their fruit of
righteousness so that more will be added
to their number. We are now on our
way to Colville, Wash. to labor for the
lost. We expect to return to strengthen
the church here and at Cedonia just be-fore
the camp- meeting at Daisy, Wash.
( see notice.) We expect a grand camp-meeting.
The churches in these parts
are anxiously looking forward and pray-ing
God to pour out his blessings and
show his mighty power in convicting,
converting, and sanctifying souls, and
casting' out devils. Let all, especially
the ministers on the coast, make a special
effort to be here.
J. C. Peterman and Co.
Lancaster, Wis., April 19.
We are glad to report victory on the
Lord's side. We have just returned to
this place atter an absence of two months,
during which we have held several meet-ings.
First, seven miles southwest of
Richland Center which was a real soul-saving
time, it being a new place. Three
miles southwest of Richland Center a
meeting was held in the homes of the
people of the neighborhood. It was a
real interesting meeting. One soul was
gloriously saved and a number of others
were under deep conviction. The word
of God went forth with power and
victory. To God be all the praise and
glory. Any true minister passing through
near this place will be gladly received.
Address Sister Jessie 13. Lewis, Richland
Center, Wis. From this place we went
to Palmyra and held meetings one week
in the Congregational meeting- house. It
was a real victory for God. Though this
meeting was not largely attended, yet
all that came seemed to be deeply
interested, and nearly all seemed to re-ceive
the truth. Some spoke of the dead-ness
of sectism and expressed their inten-tion
to sever their connection with it.
This was but a time of sowing the prec-ous
seed and will, we believe, pave the
way for another meeting which will be
used of God in the salvation of precious
souls and the deliverance of some from
the confusion and darkness of sectism.
From this place we came to Madison,
Wis. and were in the city a week. I
had the privilege of preaching two short
sermons— one in a mission and one in a
saloon ( in the suburbs) to quite a crowd
of boys and men who listened attentively
to the gospel. We returned to this place
which will be our permanent address.
J. A. Wilber and Wife.
Chanute, Kan., April 18.
Since our last report God has kept us
saved and given us many tokens of good,
although we have not been engaged in
meetings all the time. We have been
permitted to laoor some at manual work,
which has proved to be a healthful rec-reation,
and have enjoyed it very much.
We thank the Lord for the privilege.
During this time we have not been alto-crether
idle concerning the work of the
Lord, as we have had one appointment
east of Chanute every two weeks, and
then w e have attended four meetings here
each week and Sunday- school, and God
has blessed us. The Lord has brought
the little church through tests and trials
of afflictions this spring and winter, but
God has promised to give " the bread of
adversity, and the water of affliction,
yet shall not thy teachers be removed
into a corner any more: ... and thine
ears shall hear a word behind thee, say-ing,
This is the _ way, walk ye in it"—
Isa. 30: 20, 21. We hope, trust, and
pray that all will walk in the way as
God leads. Hitherto we have not been
able to get the truth to the people very
much because of not having a public
place of meeting, as we have met only in
private homes; but, by faith in the living
God, we see better things for the work of
the Lord here in Chanute in the near
future. We have been thinking, talking,
and praying about building a little house
into which we might invite the people to
hear the truth and see the works of God,
what he will do for those who seek him.
We have thought perhaps there were
saints at other places and some scattered
around not far away who would be glad
to assist us with their means. It only a
little from several, it would help - as
much, and we could soon have a house of
worship for the Lord, in his own name
and order, and to him shall be all the
honor and glory. - We would say that
there are some things in sight. We have
found a location suitable, and some money
and nearly all the labor are promised. We
would be glad to hear from any who are
interested, and whom the Lord is moving
on by his Spirit with a willing heart and
a ready mind. It we have any surplus
it shall be consecrated to the Lord and
used as he shall direct.
-' I have the promise of Bro. Charles
Bright's tabernacle to use this summer
here in eastern Kansas, as he will use
Bro. Yeilguth's ( who is in Germany).
We have several places in mind where we
are expecting to hold meetings, the Lord
willing, as soon as the weather will per-mit,
at Independence and Chanute and
wherever the Lord may lead. If any
desire our help and labor in tabernacle
work we would be glad to hear from you.
e have also felt the need of some one
to help us; would prefer some brother
( and sister) that sings bass, but will be
satisfied with whom the Lord may' direct.
1 also request the saints of God. to pray
that he will truly give me a humble
heart and supply me with his Spirit,
that I may be able to fill my calling.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all, is our prayer.
Emil and. Daisy Krauts.
Nappanee, Ind., April 23.
Since my last report through the
Trumpet the Lord has been keeping me
with real victory in my soul over all the
powers of darkness, for which I give him
all the glory. The Olive Bethel meeting
was very precious from beginning to end.
The Lord was present. in delivering prec-ious
souls, pardoning sinners, reclaiming
backsliders, sanctifying believers, and
healing the sick. Some who had got
under a spirit of compromise were de-livered,
and shouted the praises of God.
There were about twenty- five consecra-tions
in all. Bro. Geo. L. Cole was with
me in this meeting, whom the dear Lord
used much in administering the word,
besides other workers living in this
vicinity whom God used to his glory.
The church was much encouraged, for
which we praise God I came home from
that meeting and had quite a severe at-tack
of the grip; but the Lord had mercy
on me and . healed me, for which YIgive
him all the praise.
I then went to South Chicago and
labored in meetings there for about two
weeks. God began to work on the hearts
of the people in the beginning of the meet-ing,
and salvation work began at the first
altar call and continued through the
meeting. About thirty consecrated, some
for pardon and some for sanctification.
Nearly all received the desire of their
hearts, the Lord witnessing by his Spirit
to their acceptance. A very precious
divine healing service was held on the
last afternoon of the meeting. Many
received the mighty healing touch and
were made to praise God for his good-ness.
Some who attended this meetang
had gotten somewhat entangled with an
Antichrist spirit of compromise; but
when they heard the word the Holy Spirit
showed them their condition and they
renounced the Antichrist spirit, got down
before the Lord, and were delivered.
Praise our God! Would to God that
others ( who have lost their first love, and
are finding fault with the Gospel Trumpet
and God's ministers who lay judgment to
the line, and have put the Trumpet and
such literature out of their homes and
missions, and still profess to be of the
body of Christ) would see that there is no
division in the body ( 1 Cor. 12: 25- 27;
Rom. 12: 4, 5) , and repent and get back
into the fold. W hile at Chicago, in
company with two of God's children, we
visaed a young brother at Pullman who
had been sick for some time time with
inflammatory rheumatism. He requested
to be anointed for healing. The Word
was obeyed ( Jas. 5: 14, 15) and. the Lord
touched him with his healing power; he
was enabled to arise and walk the floor
praising God. I was also permitted to
go with Bro. E. E. Byrum to Hammond
and visit a brother who was paralyzed on
one side. He was anointed and prayed
for, and the Lord enabled him to walk
across the house and back. He was
much encouraged. A number of brethren
in the ministry were present in the meet-ing;
some all through the meeting, and
some but a short time— Bro. E. E.
Byrum one night and Bro. A. J. Kilpat-rick
two nights. Surely it was a real
blessing to us to meet the dear brethren.
The meeting closed with a precious
ordinance service in which about forty
happy saints took part.
I am as home at present. The brethren
here have bought a tabernacle, and Iex-pect,
the Lord willing, to use the same
this summer in some of the towns around
home. Pray for me. S. P. Strang.
God has his best things for the few
That dare to stand the test;
God has his second choice for those
Who will not have his best.
Weatherford, 0. T., April 16.
I am still saved and holding up the
truth to lost souls. I have been in this
part three weeks and have held meetings
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Testimonies
Magnolia, S. C.
I am glad to say that I am saved and
sanctified, and that my wife and two
children are saved. The Lord has
wonderfully blessed us. Praise his holy
name! Leneston Lane.
Joy, Ky
r am saved and kept by the power of
God. Praise his holy name! I had a
limb broken in January and the Lord
healed me. I give him all the glory.
He is a present- help in every time of
need. Pray that I may be kept humble
so that God can use me to his glory.
I thank God that the precious blood of
Jesus has lost none of its power to save.
Win. Y. Rice.
Gentryville, led.
I am happy to say that Jesus keeps
me sweetly saved each day, and is a
, comfort in trials and troubles. He is
also my physician for both soul and
body; for he willingly takes care of all
that we trust with him. I would say to
those who are in trouble in any way or
anywhere, Trust in the Lord, and he will
lead to victory. Praise his dear name!
What a great leader of his people! Re-member
me in prayer.
Pearl M. Hudspeth.
Williamsburg, Mo.
I praise God for his saving grace and
keeping power. He saves me, and keeps
me day by day. He heals all my dis-eases
since I have taken him for my phy-sician.
My little girl was very sick
with the grip. I prayed God to heal
her that night. Next morning she was
much better and has been going about
ever since. He has healed me of sore
throat, for which I give him all the
praise. Pray that I may always do
God's will. H. () key.
Sedan, Kans.
I am praising God for salvation
through the blood of Jesus. He has been
my help in every time of need. I have
not been near any of the saints, but I
take pleasure in reading the Trumpet.
It brings comfort to my soul. I want
the saints to pray that I do all 1 can to
send this gospel into new homes. It
has brought the light to me. Its pages
are food to my soul. I can not praise
the Savior enough for sending his full
salvation to even me. Praise his holy
name! Pray for me. S. C. Moftet.
Greensburg, La.
The Lord keeps me saved with victory
in my soul. I have been here at my
mother's home for three months, and so
can go to none but Jesus for help. I
find precious promises in the word of
God, as in Matt. 11: 28- 30. The Word
is true. Therefore, when I am afflicted
I read Jas. 5: 14, 15 and pray, and have
the saints pray for me, and the dear Lord
heals me. I have learned many pre-cious
lessons. I could not read or write
when I_ was saved; but the Word is very
' precious to my- soul. When people here
tell me that their church it right I read
the Scripture on the church that Christ
built. I am satisfied with the Lord.
Pray, dear saints, that God will keep me
humble. Emma Johnson.
Joppa, n lc
The Lord has saved my soul and
Cleansed me from all unrighteousness
, through the blood of Jesus. He is my
physician. I want to live for him and
be, true at aannvy cost. Praise the Lord
for salvation' Dear saints, do not
glee the sick and suffering around
be kind to them; do what you can
tir them; even if they seem to oppose
the truth it may be that God will give
* in repentance to the acknowledging
the': truth, and open their eyes, and
tern, them' from darkness to light. It
will - be awful if Jesus should say to any
of us: was sick and in prison, and ye
visited me not." If any, of God's true
ministers are led this way, we shall be
glad for them to come. Pray that the
Lord may keep me from evil and use me
to his glory. Ada L. Brock.
Chance, Ark.
I praise the Lord for sweet victory in
my soul. How I do thank him for his
kindness to me. He keeps me saved by his
mighty power. God's grace is sufficient
for those that trust and obey him. Praise
ins holy name forever! Pray that I
may ever trust the Lord in all things.
" The Kingdom of God" and " The Great
Physician" are the best books I aver
read. A careful study of these has
brought much light and knowledge to
me in comprehending the scriptures. I
can truly say : it is spiritual food to my
soul. Praise God for a complete salva-tion
that saves from sin and heals the
sick. 0 precious cross! 0 golden crown!
0 resurrection day! What a glorious
time to the Christian! May the rich
blessings of God ever rest upon God's
dear children, is my prayer.
J. M. S. Mariott.
Montague, Mich.
I wish to testify of the goodness of
God to me. I find him a very present
help in every time of need. My little
boy had a very sore ear, also a sore
tongue, and the Lord wonderfully healed
him. He has healed him of other ail-ments,
for which 1 give him all the praise.
0 dear ones, it pays to trust the Lord.
We can. not afford to live without him!
He will do more for us than we can ask
or think if we will only trust and obey
him. The way grows better every day.
It is my determination to go through for
him at any cost. I desire the prayers of
the dear ones that I may be just what
Jesus would have me be in every respect,
and follow in his footsteps who did no
sin neither was guile found in his mouth.
Mrs. Gertrude Hutchins.
Requests for Prayer.
I ask the prayers of all God's little ones,
as I am afflicted. Please pray for my son
also. He has been sick a long time. Mrs.
L. A. Graves, Stonewall, Miss.
I desire every Christian reader of the
Trumpet to pray that I may be healed of
chills and fever. My faith is weak, but
pray that I may have victory. A. M. Camp,
Taylorsville, Ala.
Pray that I may be saved and sanctified
and delivered from the tobacco habit and
its effects. I have been in the Baptist
denomination fourteen years, but find that
I need salvation. L. E. Doty, Layton,
Ark.
DeKalb, Ill. Pray for the healing of a
young girl who has been crippled up for
years. The case is worse than any one can
realize without having seen her. Now she
is getting blind also. She loves Jesus. In
Jesus' name pray the prayer of faith that
" shall" save the sick. Otto Branlin.
Calls for Meetings.
Who can come to a grove two miles east
of Atlantic, Crawford Co., Pa. and hold a
meeting this coming summer? A. W.
Luse, Atlantic, Pa.
Any true minister of God who will come
here and preach the word uncompromisingly
will find in my house a home. J. W. Clarke,
Cornhouse, Randolph Co., Ala.
We are very much in need of the pure
gospel. There is much to be done in this
western country. Could we not have a
tabernacle- meeting? The people are in
great darkness. Can not some of. God's
chosen minsters come to our help this
spring? Mrs. Mary Bobier, Bozeman,
Mont.
Edgewood, Clayton On., Iowa. The saints
here are in need of a ' good spiritual preacher.
There are: bat -- a few of us and we need
encouragement. - We have had no meetings
here for about four years. People wonder
why we never have any preaching any- more,
and some have said they would like to be
saved. Anyone led of God to come will
find a home at ow horse. Why is Iowa so
neglected? 1X- Is Noble.
I am located at Rowland, Ky. a little
town of about five or six hundred inhabit-ants.
situated' in Lincoln Co. on the L. and
N. R. R. Any of the ministers traveling
north or south on the C. S. R. R. can stop
off at Junction City and change cars for
Rowland; those coming from the north can
come straight through on the K. C. R. R.
without changing. We have a large meet-ing-
house open at any time for the truth,
and we also have some lovers of the truth;
so you will find a welcome any time you
come. W. W. Fitzwater.
Meeting Notices.
Necessity, Tex. The harvest is ready
and people seem anxious for meeting.
There is a great work to be done, as the
pure gospel has not been preached here.
People are in utter darkness. Whom will
God send according to Matt. 28: 19, 20?
There are two school- houses here in good
communities where services of all kind are
well attended. This place is in Stephens
Co., 18 miles north of Ranger, the nearest
R. it. station. D. G. Lnkit.
Bloomington, Ill. Central Illinois taber-nacle-
meetings will commence at this place
May 20 and continue as long as the Lord
wills. A number of gospel workers will be
present. Everybody welcome. Those de-siring
information write A. S. Kriebel,
Reddick, Ill.
Fresno, Cal. Assembly. May 17- 27.
The meeting will be held in the same build-ing
as last year, viz., the Spinney Build-ing
on Merced and I Sts., Fresno, Cal.
be announced later. All saints and visitors
welcome to attend all the meetings. For
farther information address J. L. Chaffin.
West Manchester, Ohio. Tabernacle-meeting.
Beginning May 20. Wm. E.
Warren will be with us, and other ministers
are expected. Chas. A. Smith, Castine,
Ohio.
Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich. Assembly-meeting,
beginning Thursday evening, May
23; to continue over Lord's day at the
chapel. Ministerial help desired. 0. H.
Eldridge.
Merlin, Oregon. • Camp- meeting, May
30 to June 9. Merlin is situated on the L.
P. R. R. and is nine miles north of Grants
Pass, the former camp- ground. P. T.
Everton, U. G. Clark, Merlin, Ore.
Daisy, Wash. Camp- meeting, June 1 to
10, one- half mile west of Daisy on Columbia
River. E. C. Gardner, L. H. Brown,
Daisy, Wash.
Creston, Wash. Damp- meeting. June
14- 23. Six miles northeast of Creston,
near the Orange Blossom schoolhouse. Let
the saints in these parts be sure to attend.
Come so as to get the benefit of all the
meetings. Bring your friends. For
further information address Bro. V. O.
Maiden or C. E. Smith, Creston, Wash.
Jas. B. Peterman.
St. Louis, Mich. Tent meeting, six
miles east of city on Pine River, in Bro.
Ronk's grove, June 20- 30. Let all that
come bring tents along, and come provided
with bedding. Those coming by rail ad-dress
J. R. Walter or H. Ajarten, St. Louis,
Mich. Those intending to come by team
can write to me. Bros. Sheldon and Shelley,
and the Gratiot Co. workers are expected.
All are welcome. David Mitchell.
Conway, Mich. Camp- meeting, six miles
north of Petoskey, Mich. Commencing
June 26 and continuing over two Sundays.
lfasturage for horses and straw foi bedding
furnished free. Come and have a good
time. For further particulars write Bro.
Ira Chaddendon of Harbor Springs, or Bro.
Arthur Austin, Conway. Ministers feeling
led to come, address WalterWillis, Petoskey,
Mich.
Colfax, Wash. 1 ,, n. 27 to July 7.
General northwestern camp- meeting will
be held as usual on the Saints' camp-ground
at the Saints' Home, 10 miles south
of Colfax and 9 miles from Pullman. We
are expecting one of the best camp- meetings
every hEld on the coast. Let all come
prepared to stay through the meeting.
Make a special effort to get as many as you
can of your neighbors to coma and camp.
For further informaton address Joseph
Conover or J. M. Cochran, Colfax, Wash.
Jas. B. Peterman.
Wade, Choctaw Nation, I. T. Camp-meeting,
July 4- 14. We will try to care
for'all who are not prepared to care for
themselves. This is a new field and we
would be glad to have help. Wade is 25
miles from the railroad. Durant is the
closest railroad town. Those that come
from the north can come to Durant ( on the
M. K. and T. R. It.), and those coming
from the south get off at Bonham, Tex.
You will be met at either place. Address
IW. T. Seetan or James D. Perrin, Wade,
. T.
Social Point, Tex. Camp- meeting. Com-mencing
Aug. 2 to continue as long as the
Lord leads. Those coming by railway stop
at Keatchie, La. For further information
address W. B. Janson, Panola, Tex., or J.
B. Lagrane, Deadwood, Tex. We trust
the Lord will send some ministers and
workers who are filled with the Holy Ghost
to help in the meeting. B. M. Teekell.
Hartsells, Ala. Camp- meeting, 5 miles
east of city commencing Aug. 2, to con-tinue
as long as God leads. J. L. Mitchell.
MILLER.— Archibald Miller died
home at Tekonsha, Mich., March 34
Bro. Miller accepted this way a xi
years ago, and, although an in
trust was always in the Lord whom Is
was sufficient for all his need. He 1.0444
wife and a host of friends to mourn. -
loss. 0. H. Eldrid
JUN- JUN.— Anthony t Junkia eat
born at Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, June
1820; died. at the home of his daug
near Weston, Ore., Aprl. 4, 1901, -
years, 10 months, and 27 days. Ise
member of the U. B. denomination eta, a
years, but came out into the light and se- ii
baptized at the June camp- meeting sait
year near Colfax. He was not fully satisitta
with his experience until a short timeelea
fore his death. He wanted to be
sanctified, but at last said he
and ready to go. He leaves four so
four daughters. May the Lord' help.`
bereaved to be ready to meet him.
A. B. OW
KENNEDY.— Jane Kennedy was bent
in 1S40; died at her home near Wan
Creek, April 10, 1901. She was at one tistei
a member of the United Brethren denordak
tion, but never seemed satisfied until
accepted the one way ten years age,
Kennedy has been an invalid for a
of years. God, has often heard and au
prayer in her behalf. Her trust was
in him until her We's work was tin`
She leaves a son and four daughters.
the Lord comfort and bless them in
their sad bereavement. Funeral sere*"
by the undersigned. Text, . lee. 14: 1. ' 4
C. II. Eldridrits, s1e
DOGGETT.-- May
gett Dee. 1S, L81).
18, 1869, was
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marrie ixto hil. tireeiahnmoirtb, i
the union, all of win- un
died April 20. 1901. 33 years, 1
month, and 2 dare. 1.; est November when
Sister Sunderland held meetings at Atlaut4
she renewed her covenant with God, having
been a backslider for some time. Sines
that time it seems she lived for God. She
died of quick vonsemption, her last testi-mony
being that elle was saved and willing
to go. We pray that t Ito many relativeS
and husband may get saved. Subjeet: " A
prepared
14: 1- p3l. a
ee for a preperealv. peRooplc."
Jno.
Covert, Mich.
CARTER.— Mrs. Sarah Carter, wife of
Wm. Carter, departed this life April 12.
She was born in Newburg, Penn. in 1860.
She accepted the truth several years ago,
since when she has always been ready and
willing to labor hard with her hands for the
Lord, in camp- meetings, or missions, or
for the sick; but for the last few years has
not been able to get an experience that
would stand, and part of the time was far
away from God. For mor than a year she
has been an intense sufferel from what has
been termed an internal cancer. About two
months before she died she earnestly sought
the Lord for salvation, met the conditions
in God's word, and obtained deliverance,
after which she bore the fruits of the Spiry,
and God, at times, in answer to prake'.'
wonderfully relieved her sufferings;
the real desire of her heart was to
However, a few weeks before her death,$
awnodu lfda ualtt - tfiimndeisn sgh, oanwd fmruaintsy otifm iems psaigtlnss c6
insanity were observable. A few days b?",
fore her death she prevailed upon a sole"
boy to bring her a bottle containing carbolic
acid from an adjoining room. She hid It
the
it
in her bed, and, finally, when alone, drank
tim, reess ruelqtiunegs tiend htheor sdee caatrhin. gS hfoer hhaedr tmo haindy'
acid so that she would not know lylu ► e
it was. We can only leave her in the hands
of a just God ' who judges righteously.
Mrs. Della FrY•
BIMBER.— Sister Amelia BurtonIti
was born Feb. 16, 1s4: 3 in Ashland County,
Ohio; fell asleep in Jesus April 9, DM.
She was married to Jacob Dilmsrd, now de-ceased,
in 1874, and live children blessed
their union, of which four survive. Sister.
Amelia was married to Bro. Geo. H. Bluth*
about five years ago. She was comer*
when quite young and was a number
the U. B. denomination for a number of
years. She came out into the glorie4
gospel light in 1890, under Bra. S
preaching. She WBS  zealous Ohnstia•
mother and a kinu neighbor, and was
also a strong believer in the saving aad
healing power of God. The writer- has
I several times seen her instantly healed by
the power of God. When sick this last
time she told her husband that she would
not get well. She was sick about a month.
Bro. Bimber chose the text for her funeral,
which is in part: " I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith."- 2 Tim. 4: 6- 8. She was
buried in Tidioute cemetery. We pray
God to help the children get an everlasting
salvation and meet their mother in glory;
and may the Lord keep Bro. Bimber until
his work is done, is our prayer.
Chas. J. Stewart.
Moundsville, W. Va. June I= 1
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Come and receive a benefit and greater spiritual strength, also to help others obtain the
blessings of Full Salvation and Healing. ae- 1 This meeting will be anti-: sectarian. Every
lover of the truth, whether saved or unsaved, is invited. Come prepared to provide and
care for yourselves as nearly as possible. If convenient bring a pillow, blanket, and straw-tick.
Sleeping apartments will be provided free of charge. Boarding and eatables can be
procured on the grounds. Services will be held in the Auditorium which has a seating
capacity of 4000. Divine Healing services will be held . in the Chapel of the Trumpet
Home each day.
so will the word of God be preached in these meetings in all its purity on the various Bible
themes. Ministers from various parts of the United States and Canada will be present to ex-pound
the word of God in such a manner that people will be able to understand it, and learn
how to believe God; so that sinners may be saved from their sins, believers sanctified, sick
healed, and the oppressed of the devil find deliverance. This assembling of people will be for
the deliverance and salvation of precious souls, spiritual advancement of believers, and for
ministers and Gospel workers to receive a better qualification for winning souls, teaching
the Word, healing the sick, etc. You may not have yet decided to come. Decide now.
Induce your friends and neighbors to come. Let fervent, effectual prayer be offered
everywhere for the success of this meeting. Come determined to receive a benefit and
you will not be disappointed. Come also to help others.
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over the various railroads of the Central Passenger Association, and the South- eastern
Passenger Assocation. This will enable you to travel to the meeting over any of the roads,
paying full fare going, taking a certificate from the agent where the ticket is bought, stating
that you are going- to the camp- meeting of the Church of God at Moundsville, W. Va. You
can then return for one- third of the regular fare. These rates are given provided i oo persons
have certificates. Full particulars regarding reduced rates will be given in next issue.
Come and Hear the Gospel in its Purity and. Fulness.
2 04 2
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
I was taken with a severe palpitation.
of the heart, and felt led to pray for my
healing. After taking my case to the
Lord I was instantly relieved and
blessed, and • I promised to let it be
known. 1 have been healed many times
and of some very serious afflictions. I
desire to glorify. God, and to hold him up
- to this., world as the Great Physician of
- soul and body, and the author of all
good. Gertrude Raether.
Aline, ill.
Healed of Toothache and Other Pains.
1 am saved from all sin and kept by
the power of God. was greatly
afflicted with toothache, but God healed
me. I had a severe pain in my head. I
also took it to the Lord, and was healed
immediately, for which I give God all
the praise and glory. I ask the prayers
of the saints that I may be kept humble
and submissive doing God's will, and
that my family may be devoted to God.
Drayton, Ky., Mar. 19. - Wm. Day.
Healed of Rheumatism.
I was afflicted with rheumatism for
quite a while, and it seemed that all the
power of the devil was against me.
First one would tell me a remedy, then
another; but, praise God! I did not try
any of them. I would just pray the
Lord for help, and would get better, but
would then let the devil cheat me out of
my victory. I was this way for a long
time. Finally I sent a message to the
Trumpet Family for prayer, and God has
healed me. Praise God for his wonder-ful
power! G. W. Stinson.
Velpen, Ind.
Direct Healing from the Lord.
I was saved about five months ago and
find the Savior dear to my soul. It we
trust him he will never leave nor forsake
us. I have received much help through
the Gospel Trumpet. I know the Lord
is able to heal our bodies if we trust him.
We have had direct healing from the
Lord and are not taking medicine. My
sister is sick with lung trouble and
wishes the saints to pray for her. We
believe the Lord will heal her. Pray
that our faith may be increased.
Klondike, Mich. W. C. Rewalt.
Healed of Nervous Disease.
I am praising God for a full salvation.
Jesus saves, sanctifies, and heals me. I
had a nervous disease and sometimes it
seemed I could not stand the least shock.
1 called upon God for healing and he
heard my prayer. Then I was impressed
to testify, but I neglected to do so until
the disease came upon me again worse
than before. This time it seemed I could
not get the victory; but I prayed all
night and toward morning the answer
came and I was entirely healed from
that hour. I have also been healed of
heart trouble and other afflictions. To
God be all the glory.
Hattie
The Lord our Family Physician.
1 praise the Lord for what he has done
for me and my family. The Lord justi-fied
me according to Rom. 5: 1, then
afterwards I sought the Lord with my
whole heart, and he sanctified me. Praise
his name! I can say as David: " 0
taste and see that the Lord is good." I
can say that he does for me as the
Psalmist says: " Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."
The Lord gave me light on healing about
five years ago. We have had much sick-
,
ness since then, but the Lord heals all our
diseases without doctors or medicine.
e have seven children, and three of
them have never tasted medicine. The
people around us have been suffering
very much with grip. They had doc-tors
and medicine and continued to sliffer.
Four of our children had it and we left
them in the hands of the Lord. Three
of them were instantly healed. Satan
tried to keep one of them bound, but we
held on to the Lord and he healed him
every whit. whole. To God be all the
glory. E. P. Stokes.
Darlington, S. C.
Healed of Grip.
1 am praising God for his power to
save from sin and heal. I was taken
sick on Sunday and kept praying for
God to heal me. 1 did not get any
better; so the next Sunday I called in
some of God's children and we obeyed
Tas. 5: 14 and the Lord answered
prayer. I felt well and went to sleep
that night believing the work- was done.
But Satan has many cunning devices; so
next morning I was almost as bad as
ever. But 1 just kept trusting God and
having the saints pray for me. Every
time they prayed I would get better, but
would afterwards get worse again. I
continued this way two weeks, when I
had a sister send for an anointed
handkerchief. We applied it in the
name of the Lord, and I was up in three
days. Praise God from whom all bless-ings
flow! In a week 1 was as well as
ever, except a slight weakness. I can
say of a truth that God is able to heal
our bodies as well as our souls. Pray
that- I may ever be found faithful.
Hattie Johnson.
East Prairie, Mo.
Healed of Chill.
I am a witness to God's healing
power. I have much to praise him for.
When the true light of God's word came
to this place it found me in the Baptist
sect, committing sin every day and su ( Ter-ing
with bodily afflictions. Among them
were catarrh of the head, stomach
trouble, and sick headache from which I
had suffered from childhood. Since 1
have given myself to the Lord he has
healed me. March 27th I was taken with
a chill. It seemed that all- my old afflic-tions
would come back. I could keep
nothing on my stomach, and a large cake
appeared on my left side. I prayed the
Lord to remove the cause, and he began
cleansing up my system. On the 29th I
had another chill. I cried mightily unto
the Lord and he wonderfully healed me
and gave me strength. Praise God tor
his healing power! I desire to be kept
low at the feet of Jesus where I can
know his will and find grace to keep in
every time of need. Pray that my hus-band
be saved again; for the Word says
that the effectual, fervent prayer of a
righteous man avai)' th much.
Rose Hyatt.
Blountsville, Ala.
Trust the Lord.
Our little Lawrence, four years old,
got hold of a knife and ran across the
room. He must have held the knife in
such a way that his arm went against
the wall; for the knife entered his eye
just below the eyebrow. There was a
lump of flesh a half- inch thick on the
eyelid. It looked bad. The sore stayed
about the same for two days, then it be-gan
to swell. It swelled a little more
every night. He hurt it Friday, and
the following Wednesday morning his
eye was so swollen that he could open it
but a very little. His face was also
swollen very badly. I told his uncle ( his
papa was not at home at the time) that
we would have to go as soon as possible
and get some of the brethren to come
and pray for him; but when we had
worship that morning the Lord gave me
a clear witness that he would heal the
eye if I would but trust him. Praise his
name! he was true to his promise. It
healed up nicely, leaving no lump as is
sometimes the case. it just left a little
scar which does not look bad. We never
can praise the Lord enough for teaching
us to trust him in every time of need.
Re: has been our physician for two years.
T1Te chid never complained at all.
One morning one of his uncles stepped
in and : asked him how his eye was. He
answered: " It is all right; we prayed.'"
I thought of what a good testimony the
dear children can give. - We truly praise
the Lord for the light which shines in
our souls.
Albert and Amelia Haftorson.
Hillyard, Wash.
How God led Me.
BY SARAH WADDELL.
1 believe it will be to the glory of God
that I write my testimony concerning
the Lord's leading me into the church
of God. My father and grandfather were
Presbyterian ministers in Nova Scotia,
Canada whose chief aim was to glorify
God, and I believe lived up to all the
light they had. It was their greatest de-sire
with regard to their children that,
they be true followers of God, and useful
to their fellowmen. I mention this
because I believe that it is in answer to
the prayers of my parents, who did not
fully know what they were asking, that
God has led me as he has into his glor-ious
light and liberty. My father was
taken home when I was fifteen years of
age, but his teachings and influences
have never been forgotten. From the
time we could read, as children, we each
had our own Bible, and read our verse
in turn at family prayers. In this way
I became familiar with the letter of the
Bible which fastened itself on my
memory as nothing else did.
I was converted at an early age and
united with the Presbyterian denomina-tion,
but I was always a seeker after
more light and. truth. I saw holiness
and the second coming of Christ in the
Bible, as I did not hear it preached. As
I grew older and had the opportunity I
attended the Methodist class- meetings
and the Salvation Army to get teaching
on holiness, and was often prayed for at
these places that I might receive the ex-perience.
In April, 1883 the Lord led
me south to work among the colored
people in connection with the faith work
of Mr. C-- of Boston. I came with a
friend from Nova Scotia who had been
in ' connection with that work for some
time. We settled in Oxford, N. C.,
where we remained together until Octo-ber,
1885, teaching and holding meet-ings
and working in. any way the Lord
opened up among the people. 1 then
went to Boydton, Va., where I taught
in the Institute for a time and had charge
of the orphanage in connection with the
work there for some time; but never felt
I was in the place the Lord intended for
In June, 1888 I returned home where
I remained caring for my invalid mother
till the Lord took her in March, 1897.
Two months later found me again in
Oxford, N. C. with the same friend with
whom I came at first. 1 did not know
for what purpose God had brought me
back, but I knew that I needed spiritual
preparation for any service ' he wanted of
me. As the dear friends took hold of
God for me I had a wonderful revelation
of Christ to my soul as " the chiefest
among ten thousand, The altogether
lovely" and 1 accepted him as my
heavenly Bridegroom. This was June
16, 1897. A month later I had a de-finite
call to carry God's message as an
evangelist, to go anywhere and say any-thing
he commanded. After about a
two hours' struggle I consecrated to go
rather than disappoint Jesus. The day
after I covenanted to go was one of test-ing,
and I proved true; but there was no
joy in the service. So I went to God
for some of the delights in doing the
Father's will that Jesus had and he gave
it to me, for which I praise his name.
The devil did his utmost to prevent me
getting into the work. Knowing that I
tha I di would notfollow
Christ,
a nhyethgi nogt me t und
know
ei.
a
influence wofh oth, e
by
spirit
a wonderful
of a false
gift
Chri
o
woman
experiences bet
,
cernment, saw my
got my confidence.
three or four days I was powerless
did and so
power to remove my
except as she permitted.
ac no nystchiionugs o t its leaving me. She
was dumb till she put her hand on
laying her hand on my, head sh
my mind, and
wards placed her hand on my mouth:
lips again and gave mee permission.
speak. I believe she was just as holt
as I was; but the enemy got coated
her mind. All during the delusion
kept contending for " a sound min
while I kept claiming " the mind
Christ." When the leader of the
returned from a temporary absence
recognized the talse Christ, but was pewow.
less to control me. As the party
had power over me told me that we m
be separated, the Lord led me to
home of a colored brother and. his deer
wife who cared for me as their own child
for more than three years.
From March till September, MS the
Lord opened the way for me to work it
the bounds Of a - Baptist Association
where 1 worked with several of the
pastors in their various churches, teach-ing
tha necessity of the baptism of the
Spirit zis a distinct experience. In Sep.
tember I met the holiness convocation of
North Carolina in its annual session at
llighpoint. I had been with them M
Durham the ylar before and had kept in
touch with them during the year. At
Highpoint I offered illy services to them
to do anything they eiln.,: itlered me quali.
fied for, and was appointed sceretary
and missionary, which positions I idlei
till last September. At the quarterly
meeting in Oxford at Christmaa I \ Mt
made field secretary and a new secretary
and four new missionaries were appointed
to fill the vacant places. This worOwas as
dear to me as my own life because I be-lieved
it was the work to which God in.
tended me to devote my life's service. 1
was also an evangelist of the Southern
Christian and Missionary Alliance t
which I was strongly attached and was,
in a sense, a coccn'nnneecgctitning link hetweefe
the two ori:,, anizations.
On Fell. 28 I left Raleigh, having been
" commended by the brethren to the grace
of God for the work" and came to Dar-lington,
S. C., to attend the quarterly
holiness convention. We held a ten-days'
meeting, and the Lord blessed his
word, sending an evangelist to our help
—. Bro. IV. H. Coleman who was opposed
to all organizations and church ordi.
nances. We dropped all our differeaees
and worked harmoniously together.. The
meetings were held in a room of the
home of the missionary of the conven-tion,
where she had held holiness meet-ings
for six years.
The following week the Lord sent Iltta-
It. J. Smith, an elder in the chum& of
God, to our aid. Darlington had been
on his mind for two years, but he had
meetings for
hneoltdb cnofetomor aerlytila
l grid
talked to us privately, " expounding 0
us the way of God more perfectly;" bat
we were not in a, condition to accept his
teaching, but agreed to attend the
assembly- meeting at Columbia, Ma&
21- 31, where the Lord enabled us to see
the church of God as never before, awl
Brother Coleman and I were both bap-tized
before leaving. I at once withdrew
from the Convocation and the Chris*
Alliance. I praise God for deli
me from the snare of the evil on,
was honest while working with their
believe there are lunar others as ho
as 1 was. 1 trust the Lord will .,: o
their eyes as he has mine. I can gtle
holiness ornnizations, outside air'
church which was founded by
and his apostles, to be the devil's 0
terfeit, and in opposition to the
of Jesus: " That they all may be
Divine Healing.
Relieved of Palpitation.